Disentangling competition, herbivory, and seasonal effects on young plants in newly restored communities

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 250-262

  Parsons, Michael H ^a   Lamont, Byron B ^a   Koch, John M ^b   Dods, Kenneth ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ALCOA INC   (United States)

^c Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Browsing; Competition; Exclosure studies; Grazing optimization; Index of herbivory; Seasonal effects

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GRAZING; HERBIVORY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 34249702314     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2007.00208.x     Document Type: Article

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