A perfect storm: Two ecosystem engineers interact to degrade deciduous forests of New Jersey

Biological Invasions

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 785-795

  Baiser, Benjamin ^a   Lockwood, Julie L ^a   La Puma, David ^a   Aronson, Myla F J ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUTHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hutcheson Memorial Forest; Japanese stilt grass; Neotropical migrants; Understory; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; GRASS; INVASIVE SPECIES;

NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 46649106284     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9247-9     Document Type: Article

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