Seedling mortality and damage due to non-trophic animal interactions in a northern New Zealand forest

Austral Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 48-52

  Gillman, L N ^a   Ogden, J ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Microdisturbance; Physical damage; Rabbit; Small scale disturbance

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; DISTURBANCE; LAGOMORPH; MORTALITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; LAGOMORPHA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0037332307     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2003.01247.x     Document Type: Article

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