Fire drives transcontinental variation in tree birch defense against browsing by snowshoe hares

American Naturalist

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-23

  Bryant, John P ^a   Clausen, Thomas P ^b   Swihart, Robert K ^c   Landhäusser, Simon M ^d   Stevens, Michael T ^e   Hawkins, Christopher D B ^f   Carrière, Suzanne ^g   Kirilenko, Andrei P ^h   Veitch, Alasdair M ^g   Popko, Richard A ^g   Cleland, David T ⁱ   Williams, Joseph H ^j   Jakubas, Walter J ^k   Carlson, Michael R ^l   Bodony, Karin Lehmkuhl ^m   Cebrian, Merben ⁿ   Paragi, Thomas F ^o   Picone, Peter M ^p   Moore, Jeffrey E ^q   Packee, Edmond C ^b   Malone, Thomas ^b   more..

^a Box 306 ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

ⁱ Eastern Regional Office and Southern Research Station   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^k Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

^l RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^m U S Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

ⁿ BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^o ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^p Leaking Underground Storage Tank Program   (United States)

^q DUKE UNIVERSITY MARINE LABORATORY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Antibrowsing defense; Forest fire; Selection mosaic; Snowshoe hare; Tree birch

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BROWSING; COEVOLUTION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST FIRE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT MOSAIC; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAGOMORPH; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NATURAL SELECTION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; TOXIN;

BETULA NEOALASKANA; BETULA PENDULA; LEPUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LEPUS OTHUS;

TOXIN; TRITERPENE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRCH; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FIRE; GENETICS; HARE; METABOLISM; TREE;

ANIMALS; BETULA; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; FIRES; HARES; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; TREES; TRITERPENES;

EID: 66849094026     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/599304     Document Type: Article

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