Large herbivores facilitate savanna tree establishment via diverse and indirect pathways

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 372-382

  Goheen, Jacob R ^a,b   Palmer, Todd M ^b,c   Keesing, Felicia ^d   Riginos, Corinna ^b,e   Young, Truman P ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d BARD COLLEGE   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitation, Frailty model, Hierarchical model, Indirect effect, Rodent, Savanna, Seed predation, Seedling predation, Tree establishment, Ungulate

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FACILITATION; GERMINATION; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; LEGUME; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RODENT; RUMINANT; SAVANNA; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING; TAXONOMY; UNDERSTORY; WILD POPULATION;

ACACIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; KENYA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEEDLING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TIME; WILD ANIMAL;

ACACIA; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; KENYA; LINEAR MODELS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEEDLING; SEEDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

AFRICA;

ACACIA; ACACIA DREPANOLOBIUM; BOS; BOS TAURUS; ELEPHANTIDAE; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 77953965582     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01644.x     Document Type: Article

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