Linking direct and indirect pathways mediating earthworms, deer, and understory composition in Great Lakes forests

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1057-1066

  Fisichelli, Nicholas A ^a,b   Frelich, Lee E ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a,c   Eisenhauer, Nico ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carex pensylvanica; Climate; Deer browsing; Earthworm invasion; Forest soils; Graminoid cover; Invasive plants; Understory plant community

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DEER; DISTURBANCE; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST SOIL; HERBIVORY; INVASIVE SPECIES; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTION; SOIL HORIZON; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNDERSTORY;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

CAREX PENSYLVANICA; CERVIDAE;

EID: 84876028388     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0350-6     Document Type: Article

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