Phenology and cover of plant growth forms predict herbivore habitat selection in a high latitude ecosystem

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Iversen, Marianne ^a   Fauchald, Per ^b   Langeland, Knut ^b   Ims, Rolf A ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a   Bråthen, Kari Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; COVER OF PLANT GROWTH FORM; DECIDUOUS PLANT; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ECOSYSTEM; EVERGREEN; FEMALE; FIRST PASSAGE TIME ANALYSIS; FORAGE; FORAGE QUALITY; FORAGE QUANTITY; GRASS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HERBIVORE; HIGH LATITUDE ECOSYSTEM; LAND USE; LATITUDE; NONHUMAN; PALATABILITY; PHENOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH FORM; PREDICTION; REINDEER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION MIGRATION; SEASON;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HERBIVORY; POACEAE; REINDEER; SEASONS;

EID: 84903545597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100780     Document Type: Article

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