Climate alters response of an endemic island plant to removal of invasive herbivores

Ecological Applications

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1574-1584

  Kathryn Mceachern, A ^a   Thomson, Diane M ^b   Chess, Katherine A ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b The Claremont Colleges   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Castilleja mollis; Channel islands, california, usa; Climate change; Demography; Endemic plant; Environmental variation; Eradication; Herbivores; Islands; Population dynamics; Santa rosa

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GROWING SEASON; HERBIVORY; INDIVIDUALISM; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DECLINE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACANTHACEAE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLIMATE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; UNITED STATES;

ACANTHACEAE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; CLIMATE; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; SANTA ROSA;

BOS; CASTILLEJA MOLLIS; CERVIDAE;

EID: 69449104156     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/08-1574.1     Document Type: Article

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