Top-down vs bottom-up control influenced by productivity in a North Derbyshire, UK, dale

Oikos

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-108

  Fraser, Lauchlan H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; CALCAREOUS GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRODUCTIVITY; STINGING NETTLE; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

DERBYSHIRE; ENGLAND; UK;

URTICA DIOICA; URTICACEAE;

EID: 0031888130     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546472     Document Type: Article

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