Thirty years of vegetation dynamics in response to a fluctuating rabbit population on sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island

Ecological Management and Restoration

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 41-51

  Whinam, Jennie ^a   Fitzgerald, Nicholas ^a   Visoiu, Micah ^a   Copson, Geof ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conservation management; Disturbance; Ecosystem processes; Island management; Pest animals; World Heritage Areas

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRAZING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISLAND; LAGOMORPH; MONITORING; PEST CONTROL; RODENT; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBANTARCTIC REGION; TUNDRA; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

MACQUARIE ISLAND;

EID: 84892877403     PISSN: 14427001     EISSN: 14428903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/emr.12076     Document Type: Article

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