Massive and distinctive effects of meadow voles on grassland vegetation

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3007-3013

  Howe, Henry F ^a   Zorn Arnold, Barbara ^a   Sullivan, Amy ^a   Brown, Joel S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental restoration; Herbivory; Microtus; Plant animal interactions; Tallgrass prairie; Vole herbivory

Indexed keywords

MEADOW; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCE; POACEAE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD PREFERENCES; POACEAE;

ANIMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS PENNSYLVANICUS; MURIDAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 33845690055     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[3007:MADEOM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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