Herbivory more limiting than competition on early and established native plants in an invaded meadow

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3282-3289

  Gonzales, Emily K ^a,b   Arcese, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b PARKS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black tailed deer; British Columbia; Competition; Conservation; Exotic; Grass; Invasive; Oak savanna; Odocoileus hemionus; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOMINANCE; GRASS; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MEADOW; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CERVIDAE; LILIUM; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS COLUMBIANUS; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CANADA; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; SEEDLING; SHEEP;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POACEAE; SEEDLING; SHEEP;

EID: 60249086687     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0435.1     Document Type: Article

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