Enemy release or invasional meltdown? Deer preference for exotic and native trees on Isla Victoria, Argentina

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-323

  Nuñez, Martin A ^a   Relva, Maria A ^b   Simberloff, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Facilitation; Patagonia; Pinaceae; Pine invasion

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BROWSING; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; NATIVE SPECIES; PALEARCTIC REGION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN; SOUTH AMERICA; VICTORIA ISLAND [NEUQUEN];

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI; PINACEAE; PINUS PONDEROSA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 42149107537     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01819.x     Document Type: Article

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