Seedling herbivory, community composition and plant life history traits

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 191-205

  Hanley, Mick E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Defence theory; Palatability; Plant animal interactions; Seedling emergence; Seedling removal

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032317170     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1433-8319-00058     Document Type: Article

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