Relative effects of mammal herbivory and plant spacing on seedling recruitment following fire and mining

BMC Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Parsons, Michael H ^a   Rafferty, Christine M ^a,b   Lamont, Byron B ^a   Dods, Kenneth ^c   Fairbanks, Meredith M ^a,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Whiteman Park   (Australia)

^c Chemistry Centre Western Australia   (Australia)

^d DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIRE; MAMMAL; MINING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEEDLING;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIRES; MAMMALS; MINING; SEEDLING;

EID: 38349042312     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-7-13     Document Type: Article

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