Response of stream invertebrate communities to vegetation damage from overgrazing by exotic rabbits on subantarctic Macquarie Island

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 404-413

  Marchant, R ^a   Kefford, B J ^b   Wasley, J ^c   King, C K ^c   Doube, J ^c   Nugegoda, D ^d  

^a MUSEUM VICTORIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

catchment disturbance; island streams

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CATCHMENT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INVERTEBRATE; LAGOMORPH; OVERGRAZING; POPULATION DECLINE; REFUGE; RUNOFF; STREAMWATER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

MACQUARIE ISLAND;

INVERTEBRATA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 79955608208     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10317     Document Type: Article

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