Variable effects of large mammal herbivory on three non-native versus three native woody plants

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-98

  Knapp, Liza B ^a   Fownes, James H ^a   Harrington, Robin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Enemy release hypothesis; Exclosure; Herbivory; Invasive species; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; MAMMALS; PATHOGENS;

BIOTIC RESISTANCE; ENEMY RELEASE HYPOTHESIS; HERBIVORES; MANIPULATIVE FIELD; PREDATORS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BROWSING; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SURVIVAL;

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; ALNUS; ELAEAGNUS UMBELLATA; FRANGULA; FRANGULA ALNUS; MAMMALIA; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM DENTATUM;

EID: 38749113765     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.08.023     Document Type: Article

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