Transition of a Sambucus nigra L. dominated woody vegetation into grassland by a multi-species herbivore assemblage

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-92

  Cornelissen, Perry ^a,b   Gresnigt, Marca C ^c   Vermeulen, Roeland A ^c   Bokdam, Jan ^c   Smit, Ruben ^c  

^a Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment   (Netherlands)

^b State Forestry Service   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggregational Resistance; Associational Palatability; Browsing; Debarking; Large herbivores; Oostvaardersplassen; Tree and shrub regeneration; Wood pasture hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; SHRUB; VEGETATION COVER;

SALIX; SAMBUCUS; SAMBUCUS NIGRA;

EID: 84893759024     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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