Effects of herbivores on grassland plant diversity

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 261-265

  Olff, Han ^a   Ritchie, Mark E ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; PLANT SPECIES;

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032124827     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(98)01364-0     Document Type: Review

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