Metapopulation Dynamics of a Burrowing Herbivore Drive Spatio-temporal Dynamics of Riparian Plant Communities - Bryce, Rosalind; van der Wal, René; Mitchell, Ruth; Lambin, Xavier (Ecosystems (New York), 2013)
Keywords: Animal populations; Arvicola; Biomedical and Life Sciences; botanical composition; Burrowing; burrows; chronosequences; Colonization; Community composition; Ecological engineering; Ecology; engineering; Environmental Management; Exercise; extinction; Freshwater mammals; Geoecology/Natural Processes; grazing; Herbivores; Herbivory; Heterogeneity; highlands; Hydrology/Water Resources; Life Sciences; Local communities; Metapopulation ecology; Metapopulations; Physical fitness; Plant communities; Plant populations; Plant Sciences; Plants; Riparian ecology; Riparian soils; Scotland; Species extinction; Vegetation; Vegetation structure; Voles; Zoology; British Isles, Scotland; Scotland; Metapopulation; Burrowing; Disturbance; Water vole; Herbivory; Metacommunity; Ecosystem engineer