An experimental study of the impacts of understorey forest vegetation and herbivory by red deer and rodents on seedling establishment and species composition in Waitutu Forest, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 191-207

  Wilson, Deborah J ^a   Ruscoe, Wendy A ^b   Burrows, Larry E ^b   McElrea, Lisa M ^a   Choquenot, David ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Deer; Disturbance; Feral pig; Forest; Herbivory; Recovery rate; Resilience; Rodent; Seed predation; Seedling recruitment

Indexed keywords

DEER; HERBIVORY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND; WAITUTU FOREST;

ARISTOTELIA SERRATA; BLECHNUM; CERVUS ELAPHUS; FILICOPHYTA; GRISELINIA LITTORALIS; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA; TRACHEOPHYTA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33746904277     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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