Shifts in positive and negative plant interactions along a grazing intensity gradient

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 188-199

  Graff, Pamela ^a   Aguiar, Martín R ^a   Chaneton, Enrique J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Associational defenses; Biotic refuges; Bromus pictus; Facilitation; Grazing intensity; Herbivory; Indirect interactions; Patagonian steppe; Plant traits; Poa ligularis; Root competition; Stipa speciosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; GRASS; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; REMEDIATION; ROOT COMPETITION; SHEEP;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BROMUS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT; POA; POACEAE; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BROMUS; ECOSYSTEM; PLANTS, EDIBLE; POA; POACEAE; SHEEP;

ACHNATHERUM SPECIOSUM; BROMUS; BROMUS PICTUS; OVIS ARIES; POA; POA LIGULARIS; POACEAE; STIPA;

EID: 34247139605     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[188:SIPANP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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