In a long-term experimental demography study, excluding ungulates reversed invader's explosive population growth rate and restored natives

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 4501-4506

  Kalisz, Susan ^a   Spigler, Rachel B ^a,c   Horvitz, Carol C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

^c Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotic resistance; Forest understory herbs; Herbivory; Life table response experiment; Temperate deciduous forest conservation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DEER; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMETRY; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TIME; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM ERECTUM; UNGULATE;

BIOTIC RESISTANCE; FOREST UNDERSTORY HERBS; HERBIVORY; LIFE TABLE RESPONSE EXPERIMENT; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST CONSERVATION;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DEER; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION GROWTH;

EID: 84896942815     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1310121111     Document Type: Article

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