Vole disturbances and plant diversity in a grassland metacommunity

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 341-351

  Questad, Erin J ^a   Foster, Bryan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Community assembly; Ecosystem engineer; Metaecosystem; Succession

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BURROWING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; PRAIRIE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; KANSAS; PLANTS; SOIL;

MICROTUS OCHROGASTER; MURIDAE;

EID: 34547738970     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0734-y     Document Type: Article

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