Reversal of grazing impact on plant species richness in nutrient-poor vs. nutrient-rich ecosystems

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2581-2592

  Proulx, Marc ^a   Mazumder, Asit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Grazers; Herbivory and plant species richness; Meta analysis; Nutrients; Predation; Productivity diversity relationship; Reversal of grazer impacts; Species richness and nutrient availability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM MODELING; GRAZING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0032406571     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2581:ROGIOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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