Herbivory, litter and soil disturbance as determinants of vegetation dynamics during early old-field succession under set-aside

Oecologia

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 259-265

  Wilby, A ^a,c   Brown, V K ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CABI   (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Mollusc; Slug; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HERBIVORY; LITTER; SET-ASIDE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0035036481     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420000579     Document Type: Article

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