Islands, exotic herbivores, and invasive plants: Their roles in Coastal California restoration

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 524-530

  Donlan, C Josh ^a   Croll, Donald A ^a   Tershy, Bernie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Baja California; Bottom up; El Ni o; Eradication; Introduced species; Island conservation; Large scale experimental ecology; Mediterranean; Mexico; Rabbits; Top down

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; EL NINO; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; HERBIVORE; ISLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

BAJA CALIFORNIA NORTE; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SAN BENITO ISLANDS; SANTA BARBARA ISLAND; TODOS SANTOS ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0345766885     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.rec0259.x     Document Type: Article

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