Synergistic influences of introduced herbivores and fire on vegetation change in northern Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-71

  Raffaele, Estela ^a   Veblen, Thomas T ^b   Blackhall, Melisa ^a   Tercero Bucardo, Norlan ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Flammability; Herbivory; Livestock; Nothofagus; Resprouting

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BURNING; CATTLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAGOMORPH; PLANT COMMUNITY; RESPROUTING; SEED PRODUCTION; SHRUBLAND; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT; SYNERGISM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ARGENTINA; NAHUEL HUAPI NATIONAL PARK; PATAGONIA;

BOS; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS ANTARCTICA; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 78651376341     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01233.x     Document Type: Article

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