The significance of small herbivores in structuring annual grassland

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 175-182

  Peters, Halton A ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Avena spp; California annual grassland; Generalist herbivore; Small mammal; Terrestrial gastropod

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVENA; GASTROPODA; MAMMALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 34548642076     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[175:TSOSHI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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