Refuge effects of a cactus in grazed short-grass steppe

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-92

  Rebollo, Salvador ^a   Milchunas, Daniel G ^b   Noy Meir, Imanuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biotic refuge; Cactus clump structure; Cattle grazing; Grazing intensity; Opuntia polyacantha; Plant diversity; Plant herbivore interaction; Positive interaction; Productivity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRAZING; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REFUGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BOS TAURUS; CACTACEAE; OPUNTIA; OPUNTIA POLYACANTHA; SPINY;

EID: 17044382210     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2005.tb02341.x     Document Type: Article

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