Small-mammal herbivore control of secondary succession in New England tidal marshes

Ecology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 430-440

  Gedan, Keryn Bromberg ^a   Crain, Caitlin M ^a,b   Bertness, Mark D ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic and biotic factors; Consumer control; Environmental stress models; Herbivory; Invasive species; New england tidal marshes; Physical stress; Salinity; Secondary succession; Small mammal herbivores; Stress gradients

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MAMMAL; MARSH; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALINITY; SEAWATER; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TIME; UNITED STATES; WETLAND;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MAMMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEW ENGLAND; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; TYPHA ANGUSTIFOLIA;

EID: 63849158591     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-0417.1     Document Type: Article

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