Exotic deer diminish post-fire resilience of native shrub communities on Santa Catalina Island, southern California

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1037-1047

  Ramirez, A R ^a   Pratt, R B ^b   Jacobsen, A L ^b   Davis, S D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaparral; Deer browsing; Exotic herbivores; Mediterranean type ecosystem; Post fire resprouts; Shrub mortality; Turgor loss point; Vegetation type conversion; Water potential; Xylem cavitation

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DEER; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FIRE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; RESPROUTING; SHRUB; SHRUBLAND; WATER STRESS; XYLEM;

CALIFORNIA; CHANNEL ISLANDS [CALIFORNIA]; SANTA CATALINA ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; HEDERA; HETEROMELES ARBUTIFOLIA; ODOCOILEUS HEMIONUS; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS PIRIFOLIA; RHUS INTEGRIFOLIA;

EID: 84862255490     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0063-z     Document Type: Article

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