Plant structural defences against browsing birds: A legacy of New Zealand's extinct moas

Oikos

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 500-508

  Bond, William J ^a   Lee, William G ^b   Craine, Joseph M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BROWSING; EXTINCTION; HERBIVORY; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DROMAIIDAE; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; MAMMALIA; PALAEOGNATHAE; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542289016     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12720.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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