Herbivores, seed banks and seedling recruitment in mesic grassland

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 423-435

  Edwards, G R ^a,b   Crawley, M J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Seed rain; Seedling emergence

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HERBIVORY; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; SEED BANK;

EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; CYTISUS SCOPARIUS; FESTUCA RUBRA; GALIUM SAXATILE; HOLCUS LANATUS; RUMEX ACETOSA; STELLARIA GRAMINEA;

EID: 0033003466     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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