Consumers limit the abundance and dynamics of a perennial shrub with a seed bank

American Naturalist

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 454-470

  Kauffman, Matthew J ^a,b   Maron, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Matrix models; Mice; Plant demography; Plant consumer interactions; Voles

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; DORMANCY; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEED BANK; SHRUB;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LUPIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LUPINUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDS;

LUPINUS ARBOREUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 33750034622     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/507877     Document Type: Article

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