Climatic stress mediates the impacts of herbivory on plant population structure and components of individual fitness

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1074-1083

  Louthan, Allison M ^a,b   Doak, Daniel F ^b,c   Goheen, Jacob R ^a,b   Palmer, Todd M ^b,d   Pringle, Robert M ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aridity; Climate change; Plant distributions; Plant herbivore interactions; Population dynamics; Savannas; Stress gradients

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; FITNESS; PHYTOMASS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; POPULATION SIZE; SAVANNA;

EAST AFRICA;

HIBISCUS;

EID: 84879606961     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12090     Document Type: Article

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