Shifting mosaics in grazed woodlands driven by the alternation of plant facilitation and competition

Plant Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-137

  Olff, H ^a   Vera, F W M ^b   Bokdam, J ^a   Bakker, E S ^a   Gleichman, J M ^a   De Maeyer, K ^a   Smit, R ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Ministry of Agriculture Nature and Food quality Netherlands   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyclical succession competition; Facilitation; Grazing; Herbivory; Large herbivores; Shifting mosaics; Woodlands

Indexed keywords

GRAZING; HERBIVORY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

(WEST); EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; POACEAE;

EID: 0032896291     PISSN: 14358603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.1999.tb00236.x     Document Type: Review

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