Differential responses of vertebrate and invertebrate herbivores to traits of New Zealand subalpine shrubs

We related eight traits of 27 subalpine shrub species in South Island, New Zealand, to damage of these shrubs by introduced red deer and native invertebrate herbivores using phylogenetically explicit modeling.

TANENTZAP, A.J.; LEE, W.G.; DUGDALE, J.S.; PATRICK, B.P.; FENNER, M.; WALKER, S.; COOMES, D.A.
2011
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