Effects of birds and rodents on synthetic tallgrass communities

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1776-1781

  Howe, H F ^a   Brown, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds, seed predation by; Diversity; Experimental restoration; Field experiment; Foraging theory; Granivory; Herbivory; Rodent browsing; Tallgrass community, revegetation; Tallgrass plantings, small vertebrate effects on; Tallgrass prairie, composition and diversity; Vole herbivory

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GRANIVORY; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; SUCCESSION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; FRINGILLIDAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; POACEAE; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032820519     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1776:EOBARO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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