Tolerance of understory plants subject to herbivory by roe deer

Oikos

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 311-321

  Moser, Barbara ^a,b   Schütz, Martin ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DEER; FOREST; HERBIVORY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY;

CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS; CAREX SYLVATICA; CERVIDAE; GEUM; GEUM URBANUM; LUZULA LUZULOIDES; MAMMALIA; PRENANTHES PURPUREA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33746360871     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14386.x     Document Type: Article

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