Long-term effects of rodent herbivores on tree invasion dynamics along forest-field edges

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 3320-3329

  Manson, Robert H ^a   Ostfeld, Richard S ^b   Canham, Charles D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Granivory; Herbivory; Keystone species; Microtus pennsylvanicus; New York State; Old field succession; Peromyscus leucopus; Plant herbivore interactions; Rodents; Seed vs. seedling predation; Seedling establishment; Tree invasion

Indexed keywords

GRANIVORY; HERBIVORY; KEYSTONE SPECIES; OLD FIELD; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0035666260     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[3320:LTEORH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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