Small mammalian herbivores as mediators of plant community dynamics in the high-altitude arid rangelands of Trans-Himalaya

Biological Conservation

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 438-442

  Bagchi, Sumanta ^a,b   Namgail, Tsewang ^b   Ritchie, Mark E ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Alticola stoliczkanus; Biodiversity; Disturbance; Grazing; Herbivory; Ochotona curzoniae

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HERBIVORE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RANGELAND; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS;

ALTICOLA STOLICZKANUS; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; OCHOTONA CURZONIAE; OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 28544442317     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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