Small mammals cause non-trophic effects on habitat and associated snails in a native system

Oecologia

Volumn 167, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1085-1091

  Huntzinger, Mikaela ^a   Karban, Richard ^a   Maron, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Ecosystem engineer; Legacy effect; Mammal exclosure; Nontrophic interaction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ESTIVATION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NATIVE SPECIES; PERSISTENCE; PRAIRIE; RODENT; SEED BANK; SHRUB; SNAIL;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARVICOLINAE; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LUPIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAIL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ESTIVATION; FOOD CHAIN; LUPINUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAILS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

GASTROPODA; HELMINTHOGLYPTA ARROSA; INVERTEBRATA; LUPINUS ARBOREUS; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS CALIFORNICUS; MURIDAE; STYLOMMATOPHORA;

EID: 80855148218     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2054-5     Document Type: Article

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