Trophic interactions during primary succession: Herbivores slow a plant reinvasion at Mount St. Helens

American Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 238-251

  Fagan, William F ^a,b   Bishop, John G ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Herbivory; Invasion; Lupine; Mount St. Helens; Primary succession

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

UNITED STATES;

LUPINUS LEPIDUS;

EID: 0034127117     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303320     Document Type: Article

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