Recovery of native plant communities after eradication of rabbits from the subantarctic Kerguelen Islands, and influence of climate change

Biological Conservation

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-179

  Chapuis, Jean Louis ^a   Frenot, Yves ^b   Lebouvier, Marc ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Alien mammals; Climate change; Invasive species; Plant communities; Subantarctic islands

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECOVERY;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

ACAENA; ACAENA MAGELLANICA; AZORELLA; AZORELLA SELAGO; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRINGLEA ANTISCORBUTICA; SELAGO; TARAXACUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 1242321392     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00290-8     Document Type: Article

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