Cargando…

Long-Term Effects of White-Tailed Deer Exclusion on the Invasion of Exotic Plants: A Case Study in a Mid-Atlantic Temperate Forest

Exotic plant invasions and chronic high levels of herbivory are two of the major biotic stressors impacting temperate forest ecosystems in eastern North America, and the two problems are often linked. We used a 4-ha deer exclosure maintained since 1991 to examine the influence of a generalist herbiv...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Shen, Xiaoli, Bourg, Norman A., McShea, William J., Turner, Benjamin L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4809546/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27019356
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0151825