Herbivory by hares as a threat to the native brooms Carmichaelia juncea and C. vexillata

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-265

  Grüner, Ingrid G ^a,b   Norton, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Browse; Carmichaelia juncea; Carmichaelia vexillata; Hare; Lepus europaeus occidentalis; Mortality; Seed production; Seedling establishment; Threatened plants

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CARMICHAELIA JUNCEA; LEPUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746894515     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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