Spatial variation in the demography and population dynamics of a perennial shrub (Atriplex vesicaria) under sheep grazing in semi-arid Australian rangelands

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 794-805

  Hunt, L P ^a,b  

^a PO Box 357   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chenopod shrub; Demographic analysis; Grazing gradient; Piosphere; Plant animal interaction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; GRAZING; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MODELING; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SHEEP; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMALIA; ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX VESICARIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 78049465837     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02087.x     Document Type: Article

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