Facilitative and competitive effects of a large species with defensive traits on a grazing-adapted, small species in a long-term deer grazing habitat

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-351

  Suzuki, Ryo O ^a   Suzuki, Satoshi N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Competition; Deer grazing; Facilitation; Grazing adapted; Persicaria longiseta; Seasonal variation; Urtica thunbergiana

Indexed keywords

DEER; FACILITATION; FITNESS; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TOXIN;

HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; NARA [KINKI]; NARA [NARA (PRF)]; NARA PARK;

CERVIDAE; PERSICARIA; POLYGONUM CAESPITOSUM LONGISETUM; URTICA;

EID: 79952043102     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9826-6     Document Type: Article

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