Do competition and selective herbivory cause replacement of Phragmites australis by tall forbs?

Aquatic Botany

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 217-232

  Lenssen, J P M ^a,b   Menting, F B J ^a   Van Der Putten, W H ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Diversity; Insect plant interaction; Removal experiment; Zonation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HERBIVORY; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT;

ARCHANARA; EPILOBIUM; EPILOBIUM HIRSUTUM; INSECTA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 1542380877     PISSN: 03043770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquabot.2003.10.006     Document Type: Article

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