Spatial heterogeneity and plant species richness at different spatial scales under rabbit grazing

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 825-834

  Olofsson, J ^a,b   De Mazancourt, C ^a,c   Crawley, M J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Rabbit grazing; Spatial heterogeneity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; NITRATE; WATER;

AMMONIA; BIOMASS; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; LAGOMORPH; NITRATE; PATCH SIZE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; RABBIT; SOIL;

AMMONIA; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; NITRATES; POACEAE; RABBITS; SOIL; WATER;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 46949098756     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1038-6     Document Type: Article

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