Alternative dynamic regimes and trophic control of plant succession

Ecosystems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 659-672

  Schmitz, Oswald J ^a,b   Kalies, Elizabeth L ^a,c   Booth, Michael G ^a,d  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative states; Food webs; Indirect effects; Keystone effects; Secondary succession; Tropic cascade

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FIELD SURVEY; PLANT; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC CONTROL;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745112886     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-006-0006-4     Document Type: Article

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