Equivalence in the strength of deer herbivory on above and below ground communities

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-66

  Lessard, Jean Philippe ^a   Reynolds, W Nicholas ^a   Bunn, Windy A ^a   Genung, Mark A ^a   Cregger, Melissa A ^a   Felker Quinn, Emmi ^a   Barrios Garcia, M Noelia ^a   Stevenson, Mary L ^a   Lawton, R Michael ^a   Brown, Claire B ^a   Patrick, Maggie ^a   Rock, Janet H ^b   Jenkins, Michael A ^c   Bailey, Joseph K ^a   Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground to belowground linkages; Arthropod communities; Biodiversity; Conservation; Deer herbivory; Indirect effects; Standardized effect size

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CERVIDAE; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856229480     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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