Release from competition and protection determine the outcome of plant interactions along a grazing gradient

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-101

  Le Bagousse Pinguet, Yoann ^a,b   Gross, Elisabeth M ^a   Straile, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAPSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FACILITATION; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRAZING PRESSURE; HERBIVORY; MESOCOSM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84355163069     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2011.19778.x     Document Type: Article

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