Native consumers and seed limitation constrain the restoration of a native perennial grass in exotic habitats

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 148-157

  Orrock, John L ^a,b   Witter, Martha S ^c   Reichman, O J ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic plants; Granivory; Grassland; Herbivory

Indexed keywords

GRANIVORY; GRASS; PERENNIAL PLANT; PIONEER SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; NASSELLA PULCHRA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 58149489292     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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