Indirect effects of a keystone herbivore elevate local animal diversity

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1318-1321

  Greenwald, Katherine R ^a   Petit, Lisa J ^b   Waite, Thomas A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cuyahoga Valley National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Browsing; Ground dwelling invertebrates; Herbivory; Herpetofauna; Ohio; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BROWSING; DEER; GASTROPOD; HERBIVORE; HERPETOFAUNA; INVERTEBRATE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CUYAHOGA VALLEY NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; SALAMANDROIDEA; SERPENTES;

EID: 50249112046     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-491     Document Type: Article

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