Regulation of boreal forest understory vegetation: The roles of resources and herbivores

Plant Ecology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 239-251

  Dlott, Franklin ^a,b   Turkington, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up forces; Community structure; Herbivory; Plant life stage; Resource regulation; Snowshoe hare; Top down forces

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; HERBIVORY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0034487742     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026510727987     Document Type: Article

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