Simulated winter browsing may lead to induced susceptibility of willows to beavers in spring

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1733-1742

  Veraart, Annelies J ^a,c   Nolet, Bart A ^a   Rosell, Frank ^b   De Vries, Peter P ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROWTH KINETICS; NITROGEN;

DETERGENT FIBERS; EURASIAN BEAVERS; PHENOLICS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BROWSING; COMPENSATION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; GROWING SEASON; INDUCED RESPONSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGROWTH; RODENT; SHRUB; SPRING (SEASON);

CASTOR FIBER; CASTORIDAE; SALIX; SALIX DASYCLADOS;

EID: 34247134075     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-177     Document Type: Article

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