Differential effects of herbivory and pathogen infestation on plant population dynamics

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 315-326

  Kolb, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deer grazing; Forest herb; Integral projection model; Phyteuma spicatum; Population growth rate; Vital rates

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DEER; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FLOWERING; GRAZING PRESSURE; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HERBIVORY; SEED PRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CERVIDAE; PHYTEUMA SPICATUM;

EID: 84856294864     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9978-z     Document Type: Article

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