Resistance and resilience of New Zealand tree species to browsing

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1014-1026

  Bee, Jennie N ^a   Kunstler, Georges ^a,c   Coomes, David A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Cemagref   (France)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Invasive species; Plant growth; Plant herbivore interactions; Red deer; Simulated browsing

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BROWSING; CLIPPING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; DIAMETER; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGROWTH; SAPLING; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34547991302     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2007.01261.x     Document Type: Article

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