A rodent plague on prairie diversity

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 30-36

  Howe, H F ^a   Brown, J S ^a   Zorn Arnold, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Experimental restoration; Herbivory; Microtus; Tallgrass prairie; Vole

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HERBIVORY; PRAIRIE; RODENT; SKEWNESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALIA; DALEA; DALEA PURPUREA; DESMANTHUS; DESMANTHUS ILLINOENSIS; ECHINACEA PURPUREA; ELYMUS; ELYMUS CANADENSIS; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; PANICUM; PANICUM VIRGATUM; PHALARIS; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA; POACEAE; RODENTIA; RUDBECKIA; RUDBECKIA HIRTA; SORGHASTRUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 0036166212     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00276.x     Document Type: Article

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