Effects of Seabirds on Plant Communities

Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ellis, Julie C ^a   Bellingham, Peter J ^b   Cameron, Ewen K ^c   Croll, Donald A ^d   Kolb, Gundula S ^e   Kueffer, Christoph ^f   Mittelhauser, Glen H ^g   Schmidt, Susanne ^h   Vidal, Eric ⁱ   Alexander Wait, D ^j  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g Maine Natural History Observatory   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

ⁱ AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^j MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Composition; Physical disturbance; Plant families; Plant species; Richness; Seabird; Seabird islands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863214126     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199735693.003.0006     Document Type: Chapter

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