Flooding reverted grazing effects on plant community structure in mesocosms of lowland grassland

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 266-276

  Insausti, P ^a   Chaneton, E J ^a,b   Soriano, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FLOOD; GRASSLAND; GRAZING;

ARGENTINA;

AMBROSIA; AMBROSIA TENUIFOLIA; POACEAE;

EID: 0033050388     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546721     Document Type: Article

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