Both bottom-up and top-down processes contribute to plant diversity maintenance in an edaphically heterogeneous ecosystem

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 498-508

  Denyer, Joanne L ^a   Hartley, Susan E ^a   John, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalk heath; Diversity; Edaphic factors; Grazing; Herbivore facilitation; Large herbivores; Plant species richness; Rabbit; Sheep; Soil heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HERBIVORE; HETEROGENEITY; LIVESTOCK; PH; PLANNING PROCESS; SHRUB; SMALL MAMMAL; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES; POACEAE; ULEX EUROPAEUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77749264575     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01633.x     Document Type: Article

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