Time-scale effects in the interaction between a large and a small herbivore

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-134

  Kuijper, D P J ^a   Beek, P ^a   van Wieren, S E ^b   Bakker, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exclosures; Lepus europaeus; Productivity; Salt marsh; Tall plants

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX PROSTRATA; BOS; ELYMUS; ELYMUS ATHERICUS; FESTUCA RUBRA; JUNCUS MARITIMUS; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS;

EID: 38949117978     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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