Abundance and flowering success patterns in a short-term grazed grassland: Early evidence of facilitation

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1104-1114

  Bossuyt, B ^a   De Fre B ^a   Hoffmann, M ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Associational resistance; Competition; Grazing avoidance; Herbivory; Relative palatability

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOWERING; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; PALATABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

IRIS PSEUDACORUS; LYSIMACHIA VULGARIS; SENECIO; SENECIO JACOBAEA;

EID: 33745254207     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01059.x     Document Type: Article

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