Heterogeneous grazing causes local extinction of edible perennial shrubs: A matrix analysis

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 238-252

  Hunt, L P ^a,b  

^a Government of South Australia   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographic analysis; Matrix population models; Piospheres; Rangelands; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

LOCAL EXTINCTION; POPULATION MODELING; RECRUITMENT; SHRUB;

ATRIPLEX VESICARIA;

EID: 0034998895     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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