Reduced herbivory during simulated ENSO rainy events increases native herbaceous plants in semiarid Chile

Plant Ecology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-31

  Manrique, Rosa ^a   Gutiérrez, Julio R ^a,b,c   Holmgren, Milena ^d   Squeo, Francisco A ^a,b,c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOLOGÍA   (Chile)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN ZONAS ÁRIDAS CEAZA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Forb; Grass; Mediterranean ecosystems; Plant competition; Plant invasion; Rainy pulses

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOMASS; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GRASS; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NATIVE SPECIES; PEST CONTROL; SEMIARID REGION; SMALL MAMMAL;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

BROMUS; BROMUS BERTEROANUS; KOELERIA; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POACEAE; SCHISMUS ARABICUS;

EID: 34250209859     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9211-7     Document Type: Article

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