Effects of slug herbivory on the seedling establishment of two montane Asteraceae species

Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants

Volumn 200, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 309-320

  Scheidel, Ulrich ^a   Bruelheide, Helge ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arnica montana; Centaurea pseudophrygia; Exclosure; Gap size; Molluscs; Plant animal interactions

Indexed keywords

ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; HERBIVORY; PALATABILITY; PESTICIDE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HARZ MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; ARNICA; ARNICA MONTANA; ASTERACEAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA PSEUDOPHRYGIA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; MOLLUSCA; POACEAE;

EID: 22144498503     PISSN: 03672530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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