Variable response of butterflies and vegetation to elk herbivory: An exclosure experiment in ponderosa pine and aspen-mixed conifer forests

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-14

  Neff, Paula K Kleintjes ^a   Fettig, Stephen M ^b   VanOverbeke, Dustin R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^b Bandelier National Monument   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; HEXAPODA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PINUS PONDEROSA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33947693731     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[1:VROBAV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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