Lagomorph and sheep effects on vegetation growth in dry and mesic grasslands in Otago, New Zealand

Wildlife Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 721-730

  Scroggie, Michael P ^a   Parkes, John P ^b   Norbury, Grant ^c   Reddiex, Ben ^d   Heyward, Richard ^e  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c Wildlife Ecology and Management Team   (New Zealand)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

^e not available   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bioeconomics; grazing impacts; hares; herbivory; pest control; rabbits.

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; GROWTH MODELING; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; LAGOMORPH; LANDOWNER; PASTURE; PEST SPECIES; PHYTOMASS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION REGULATION; SEMIARID REGION; SHEEP; STOCKING DENSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

LAGOMORPHA; LAGOVIRUS; LEPUS; LEPUS EUROPAEUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; RABBIT HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 84871844826     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR11209     Document Type: Article

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