Mammalian Herbivore Population Dynamics in the Alaskan Boreal Forest
The population dynamics of boreal mammals differ strikingly from those of mammals in temperate and tropical ecosystems in their extraordinary fluctuations in abundance (Elton 1924). These fluctuations lead to strong top-down direct effects in which herbivores reduce the biomass of their preferred fo...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195154313.003.0013 |