Plant community response to loss of large herbivores differs between North American and South African savanna grasslands

Herbivory and fire shape plant community structure in grass-dominated ecosystems, but these disturbance regimes are being altered around the world. To assess the consequences of such alterations, we excluded large herbivores for seven years from mesic savanna grasslands sites burned at different fre...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ecology (Durham) 2014-04, Vol.95 (4), p.808-816
Hauptverfasser: Koerner, Sally E, Burkepile, Deron E, Fynn, Richard W. S, Burns, Catherine E, Eby, Stephanie, Govender, Navashni, Hagenah, Nicole, Matchett, Katherine J, Thompson, Dave I, Wilcox, Kevin R, Collins, Scott L, Kirkman, Kevin P, Knapp, Alan K, Smith, Melinda D
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