Herbivory affects salt marsh succession dynamics by suppressing the recovery of dominant species

Oecologia

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 335-343

  Daleo, Pedro ^a   Alberti, Juan ^a   Pascual, Jesús ^a   Canepuccia, Alejandro ^a   Iribarne, Oscar ^a  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Colonization; Community structure; Secondary succession; Spartina

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SALTMARSH; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCCESSION;

HYMENACHNE; SPARTINA;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BRASSICACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HERBIVORY; POACEAE; SEEDLING; WETLAND;

AMARANTHACEAE; ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BRASSICACEAE; HERBIVORY; POACEAE; SEEDLING; WETLANDS;

EID: 84901445999     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-2903-0     Document Type: Article

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