Influence of patch characteristics on browsing of tree seedlings by mammalian herbivores

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 458-469

  Pietrzykowski, E ^a   McArthur, C ^a   Fitzgerald, H ^a   Goodwin, A N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forestry; Height; Marsupial; Patch quality; Patch size

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; HABITAT SELECTION; MAMMAL; PATCH DYNAMICS; PEST DAMAGE; SEEDLING; SILVICULTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

ALOPIAS; ANIMALIA; LOMANDRA; LOMANDRA LONGIFOLIA; MACROPUS; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS; MACROPUS RUFOGRISEUS RUFOGRISEUS; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PHALANGERIDAE; PINUS RADIATA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; THYLOGALE; THYLOGALE BILLARDIERII; TRICHOSURUS; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA;

EID: 0038010284     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00809.x     Document Type: Article

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