Differential herbivory tolerance of dominant and subordinate plant species along gradients of nutrient availability and competition

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 611-619

  Tahmasebi Kohyani, Pejman ^a,b   Bossuyt, B ^a   Bonte, D ^a   Hoffmann, M ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Community structure; Compensatory continuum; Competitive balance; Limiting resources; Preferential grazing

Indexed keywords

CLIPPING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HERB; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; REGROWTH; RESOURCE SCARCITY; TOLERANCE;

ARRHENATHERUM; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; PRUNELLA VULGARIS;

EID: 67349103357     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9515-x     Document Type: Article

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