Drought-herbivory interaction disrupts competitive displacement of native plants by Microstegium vimineum, 10-year results

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 497-508

  Webster, Christopher R ^a   Rock, Janet H ^b   Froese, Robert E ^a   Jenkins, Michael A ^b,c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternate stable states; Browse; Deer exclusion; Invasive exotic species; Japanese stilt grass

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BROWSING; DEER; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRASS; HERBIVORY; NATIVE SPECIES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; DEER; DISASTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NATURAL DISASTERS; POACEAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 49249099075     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1085-z     Document Type: Article

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