Effect of herbivory and plant species replacement on primary production

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 735-754

  De Mazancourt, Claire ^a,b   Loreau, Michel ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Grazing optimization; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient inputs and outputs; Primary production; Turnover rates

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; HERBIVORY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0034082260     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303360     Document Type: Article

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