Plant-herbivore interactions: Silicon concentration in tussock sedges and population dynamics of root voles

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 187-194

  Wieczorek, Monika ^a   Zub, Karol ^a   Szafrańska, Paulina A ^a   Ksiazek, Aneta ^b   Konarzewski, Marek ^b  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Density; Flood; Freeze thaw; Plant defence; Tussock sedges; Voles; Winter survival

Indexed keywords

FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RHIZOME; RODENT; SEDGE; SILICON; SURVIVAL; TUSSOCK GRASSLAND;

CAREX; CAREX APPROPINQUATA; MICROTUS OECONOMUS; MURIDAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 84922660089     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12327     Document Type: Article

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