Herbivory and plant competition reduce mountain beech seedling growth and establishment in New Zealand

Plant Ecology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 245-256

  Husheer, Sean W ^a,d   Robertson, Alastair W ^a   Coomes, David A ^b   Frampton, Chris M ^c  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d New Zealand Forest Surveys   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clipping; Deer; Natural and simulated herbivory; Nothofagus solandri var. cliffortioides

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BROWSING; CLIPPING; DEER; HERBIVORY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT EFFECT; MORTALITY; MOUNTAIN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPECIES EVENNESS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CERVIDAE; FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI;

EID: 33745056454     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9036-9     Document Type: Article

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