Competitive interaction between aspen and birch moderated by invertebrate and vertebrate herbivores and climate warming

Plant Ecology and Diversity

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-232

  van Bogaert, Erik ^a,b   Jonasson, Christer ^c,d   de Dapper, Morgan ^b   Callaghan, Terry V ^c,e  

^a RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ABISKO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATION   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspen; Autumnal moth; Climate change; Competition; Dendrochronology; Herbivory; Moose; Mountain birch; Sub Arctic; Vegetation shift

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA PUBESCENS SUBSP. TORTUOSA; EPIRRITA AUTUMNATA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; POPULUS TREMULA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77955294325     PISSN: 17550874     EISSN: 17551668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17550870903487456     Document Type: Article

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