Moose browsing alters tree diversity effects on birch growth and insect herbivory

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 724-735

  Muiruri, Evalyne W ^a   Milligan, Harriet T ^a   Morath, Simon ^a   Koricheva, Julia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning; Boreal forest; Plant herbivore interactions; Satakunta forest diversity experiment

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DEER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MONOCULTURE; PEST DAMAGE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FINLAND;

ALCES ALCES; BETULA PENDULA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84929518121     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12407     Document Type: Article

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