Early effects of rodent granivory on experimental forb communities

Ecological Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 917-924

  Howe, H F ^a   Brown, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging theory; Forbs; Granivory; Meadow vole; Microtus pennsylvanicus; Path analysis; Prairie restoration; Rodents; Seed predation; Silphium integrifolium; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

GRANIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RODENT; SEED PREDATION;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ANIMALIA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA; SILPHIUM; SILPHIUM INTEGRIFOLIUM;

EID: 0034482075     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2000)010[0917:EEORGO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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