Assessing the role of large herbivores in the structuring and functioning of freshwater and marine angiosperm ecosystems

Ecography

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 162-179

  Bakker, Elisabeth S ^a   Pagès, Jordi F ^b,c   Arthur, Rohan ^b,d   Alcoverro, Teresa ^b,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b CENTRE D ESTUDIS AVANÇATS DE BLANES CEAB CSIC   (Spain)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HERBIVORE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; SUBMERGED VEGETATION;

BUBALUS; CASTORIDAE; CERVIDAE; CYGNUS; HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; TAPIRUS TERRESTRIS; TESTUDINES; TRACHEOPHYTA; TRICHECHIDAE;

EID: 84956631916     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.01651     Document Type: Article

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