Effects of introduced ungulates on forest understory communities in northern Patagonia are modified by timing and severity of stand mortality

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-22

  Relva, María Andrea ^a   Westerholm, Christian López ^b   Kitzberger, Thomas ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Austrocedrus chilensis; Browsing; Disturbance; Exotic deer; Forest decline

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROWSING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEER; DENDROECOLOGY; DIEBACK; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FIRE MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORTALITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHRUB; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY; WOODY DEBRIS;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; CERVIDAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; UNGULATA;

EID: 59849095719     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9528-5     Document Type: Article

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