Instantaneous intake rate of herbivores as function of forage quality and mass: Effects on facilitative and competitive interactions

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 213, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 273-284

  van Langevelde, Frank ^a   Drescher, Michael ^a   Heitkönig, Ignas M A ^a   Prins, Herbert H T ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Co existence; Competition; Facilitation; Forage intake; Forage quality; Grazing; Lawn grass

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRITION; TISSUE; VEGETATION;

ALTERNATIVE STABLE STATES; FORAGE INTAKE; FORAGE QUALITY; LAWN GRASS;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GRASS; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

EID: 41149126372     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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