Differential facilitative and competitive effects of a dominant macrophyte in grazed subtropical wetlands

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1263-1271

  Boughton, Elizabeth H ^a   Quintana Ascencio, Pedro F ^b   Bohlen, Patrick J ^b   Nickerson, David ^b  

^a MacArthur Agro Ecology Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Associational resistance; Grazing refuge; Herbivory; Indirect facilitation; Juncus effusus; Plant herbivore interactions; Plant plant interactions; Rangeland

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FACULTATIVE BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROPHYTE; MONOCOTYLEDON; PASTURE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RANGELAND; REFUGE; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WETLAND;

BOS; JUNCUS; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; POACEAE;

EID: 80051737940     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01850.x     Document Type: Article

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