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- Library Collection RecordObjectives of postfire seeding in the Great Basin include reestablishment of perennial cover, suppression of exotic annual weeds, and restoration of diverse plant communities. Nonconventional seeding…Publication Date 2016
- cheatgrass
- competition
- ecological restoration
- rehabilitation
- Library Collection RecordMany Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis) communities are invaded by exotic annuals, especially cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.), promoting larger and more frequent…Publication Date 2016
- competition
- exotic annuals
- fuel break
- resilience
- resistance
- Library Collection RecordObjectives of postfire seeding in the Great Basin include reestablishment of perennial cover, suppression of exotic annual weeds, and restoration of diverse plant communities. Nonconventional seeding…Publication Date 2016
- cheatgrass
- competition
- ecological restoration
- rehabilitation
- Library Collection RecordMany Wyoming big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata Nutt. ssp. wyomingensis) communities are invaded by exotic annuals, especially cheatgrass (Bromus tectorum L.), promoting larger and more frequent…Publication Date 2016
- competition
- exotic annuals
- fuel break
- resilience
- resistance
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush plays an important role in the ecological functions of sagebrush steppe plant communities and is a necessary component of habitat for a variety of wildlife including greater sage-grouse (…Publication Date 2014-05
- competition
- restoration
- sagebrush restoration
- Seedling
- survival
- Library Collection RecordSagebrush plays an important role in the ecological functions of sagebrush steppe plant communities and is a necessary component of habitat for a variety of wildlife including greater sage-grouse (…Publication Date 2014-05
- competition
- restoration
- sagebrush restoration
- Seedling
- survival
- Library Collection RecordThe well-described pattern of a few common and many rare species in plant communities (dominance-diversity curves) also has been documented within populations of dominant plant species. Understanding…Publication Date 2014
- ecosystem ecology
- plant production
- community dynamics
- genotypes
- competition
- Andropogon gerardii
- competition
- genotype richness
- grassland
- intergenotypic competition
- intragenotypic competition
- light
- neighborhood effects
- nitrogen
- water
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThe link between species' functional traits and competitive abilities has been described as a major factor structuring plant communities. However, two diverging hypotheses have been proposed to…Publication Date 2014
- functional trait
- community ecology
- grasses
- competition
- ecosystem ecology
- soil moisture
- soil nutrients
- root ecology
- plant competition
- root length density
- root phosphorus use efficiency
- specific root length
- trait hierarchy
- trait similarity
- France
- Library Collection RecordAbstract The knowledge of relative performance of plants across environmental gradients is critical for their effective management and for understanding future range expansion. Pennisetum setaceum is…Publication Date 2014
- Alien grass
- Ecological invasions
- competition
- disturbance
- Seedling translocation
- Transplant experiment
- Alien invasive species
- management
- grasslands
- savanna
- ecosystem ecology
- restoration ecology
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordA quantitative description of woody plant communities that aimed at aiding studies on grass–tree competition interactions, bush encroachment and estimation of food to browser herbivore species, was…Publication Date 2014
- Bush encroachment
- competition
- grasses
- browse
- fodder production
- plant production
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordWoody plant effects on grass production at specific points in some rangeland savannas may be a function of numerous surrounding woody plants with lateral roots that extend into those patches of grass…Publication Date 2013-11-01
- brush invasion
- competition
- lateral roots
- Prosopis glandulosa
- rangelands
- remote sensing
- Library Collection RecordWithin the sagebrush steppe ecosystem, sagebrush plants influence a number of ecosystem properties, including nutrient distribution, plant species diversity, soil moisture, and temperature, and…Publication Date 2013-05-01
- competition
- crested wheatgrass
- island seeding
- restoration
- sagebrush seedlings
- survival
- wildlings
- Library Collection RecordOn the Ground • In 1990, cattle grazed private land in Utah’s Book Cliff Mountains until late July. Elk in the area ate about 50% of the forage regrowth on this land from late July to mid-September…Publication Date 2013-02-01
- cattle
- elk
- grazing
- competition
- rancher
- wildlife
- livestock
- Library Collection RecordMany studies have examined positive feedbacks between invasive plant traits and nutrient cycling, but few have investigated whether feedbacks arise from introduction of pre-adapted species or from…Publication Date 2013
- C:N ratio
- competition
- Genotypic diversity
- Litter:biomass ratio
- Phalaris arundinacea
- wetlands
- Alien invasive species
- ecosystem ecology
- restoration ecology
- soil nutrients
- South Bohemia
- Czech Republic
- Library Collection RecordThe mechanisms driving nonrandom assembly patterns in plant communities have long been of interest in ecological research. Competing ecological theories predict that coexisting species may either be…Publication Date 2013
- community assembly
- competition
- Complementarity
- disturbance
- environmental filtering
- limiting similarity
- spatial scales
- plant community analysis
- ecosystem ecology
- Sweden
- Library Collection RecordCompositional transformation of South African semiarid grasslands and savannas owing to changes in soil nutrient status and fire-linked attributes is often reported. However, mechanisms of change are…Publication Date 2012-01-01
- competition
- growth
- nutrients
- Poacceae
- smoke constituents
- Library Collection RecordSpecies interactions affect plant diversity through the net effects of competition and facilitation, with the latter more prevalent in physically stressful environments when plant cover ameliorates…Publication Date 2012
- community assembly
- competition
- diversity
- dominance
- facilitation
- invasion
- prairies
- stress gradient hypothesis
- Library Collection RecordThe effects of exotic species invasions on biodiversity vary with spatial scale, and documentation of local-scale changes in biodiversity following invasion is generally lacking. Coupling long-term…Publication Date 2012
- grasslands
- community assembly
- competition
- exotic species
- invasion
- livestock grazing
- propagule limitation
- recruitment limitation
- Alien invasive species
- biodiversity
- community ecology
- vegetation dynamics
- monitoring
- California
- USA
- Library Collection RecordLocal plant community assembly is influenced by a series of filters that affect the recruitment and establishment of species. These filters include regional factors that limit seeds of any given…Publication Date 2012
- community assembly
- competition
- disturbance
- exotic species
- invasion
- plant population and community dynamics
- Post-dispersal seed predation
- recruitment
- seed limitation
- seed size
- Montana
- USA
- Library Collection RecordFacilitation (positive interaction) has received increasing attention in plant ecology over the last decade. Just as for competition, distinguishing different modes of facilitation (mutualistic,…Publication Date 2012
- asymmetry
- competition
- metabolic scaling theory
- plant population and community dynamics
- plant–plant interaction
- self-thinning
- spatial pattern
- Stress-gradient hypothesis
- symmetry
- Library Collection Record1. A change in a climate variable may alter a species' abundance not only through a direct effect on that species vital rates, but also through 'indirect' effects mediated by species…Publication Date 2012
- climate change
- community ecology
- competition
- demography
- integral projection model
- niche
- plant population and community dynamics
- sagebrush steppe
- Dubois
- Idaho
- Library Collection RecordThe outcome of plant-plant interactions depends on environmental (e.g. grazing and climatic conditions) and species-specific attributes (e.g. life strategy and dispersal mode of the species involved…Publication Date 2012
- competition
- diversity
- facilitation
- Open woodland
- Stress-gradient hypothesis
- species richness
- drylands
- grazing
- rainfall
- Species Specificity
- community analysis
- vegetation dynamics
- Australia
- Library Collection RecordThe structure and composition of savanna vegetation is influenced by resource availability and disturbance. Grasses, a major component of savanna systems, influence the tree-grass balance by…Publication Date 2012
- Acacia karroo
- Acacia nilotica
- Bush encroachment
- competition
- soil nutrients
- KwaZulu-Natal
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordTrait-based community assembly theory suggests that trait variation among co-occurring species is shaped by two main processes: abiotic filtering, important in stressful environments and promoting…Publication Date 2012
- abiotic filtering
- bottom-up control
- community assembly
- competition
- functional diversity
- grasses
- grasshoppers
- herbivores
- savannas
- top-down control
- trait dispersion
- trophic interactions
- South Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Traditional views of ecological disturbance emphasize the role that physical disturbances play in reducing competition between populations and maintaining species coexistence. I present an…Publication Date 2011
- disturbance
- ecosystem ecology
- competition
- clonal growth
- competition
- disturbance
- Life History
- modular demography
- plant-plant interactions
- resilience
- resistance
- storage
- stress tolerance
- Library Collection RecordInteractions between mature grass plants and grass seedlings have been found to be both facilitative and competitive. To examine the effects of aboveground and belowground competition on seedling…Publication Date 2011
- competition
- grass seedling
- soil depth
- seedlings
- grasslands
- plant production
- siol depth
- plant autecology
- grazing
- stocking rates
- management
- South Africa
- Library Collection RecordPrevious studies suggest that forest regeneration in grasslands is often slow because of grass competition and fire and that regeneration may be dependent on fire-resistant savannah trees. To examine…Publication Date 2011
- forest regeneration
- grasslands
- savannah trees
- species diversity
- woody plants
- competition
- fire ecology
- restoration ecology
- Kibale National Park
- Uganda
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. Plant-plant interactions are known to vary with changing environmental conditions; however, we have little empirical knowledge of the impact of abrupt environmental changes on millennial scale…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- palaeoecology
- management
- grasses
- modelling
- community dynamics
- ecosystem changes
- abrupt climate change
- alternative stable states
- community dynamics
- competition
- facilitation
- fire
- herbivore density
- nitrogen availability
- plant population
- Tree-grass coexistence
- England
- Library Collection Record1. Models of local stable coexistence require negative feedbacks, i.e. intraspecific interactions must be more negative than interspecific interactions. However, most competition experiments, often…Publication Date 2011
- grasslands
- community ecology
- seeds
- ecosystem ecology
- Coexistence
- competition
- competitive hierarchy
- facilitation
- germination
- intraspecific vs. interspecific interactions
- plant-soil feedbacks
- Michigan
- USA
- Library Collection Record1. Studying the effects of climate or weather extremes such as drought and heat waves on biodiversity and ecosystem functions is one of the most important facets of climate change research. In…Publication Date 2011
- climate change
- drought
- biodiversity
- Ecosystem function
- primary production
- grasslands
- biodiversity
- plant physiology
- soil micro-organisms
- below-ground
- competition
- Decomposition
- invasion
- leaf chemistry
- microbial
- phenology
- plant-climate interactions
- precipitation change
- productivity
- Europe
- Library Collection Record1. Interactions among plants and their consumers, pollinators and dispersers are central to evolutionary theory, but interactions among plants themselves have received much less attention. Thus…Publication Date 2011
- palaeobotany
- co-evolution
- competition
- evolution
- extended phenotype
- facilitation
- niche
- plant-plant interactions
- selection
- Library Collection Record1. Currently, there is a debate among plant ecologists on the concepts of the intensity of competition and the importance of competition, which is central to many issues of modern plant population…Publication Date 2010
- competition
- ecological success
- environmental gradient
- fitness
- Importance
- intensity
- population dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- Herbicide
- plant density
- modelling
- community ecology
- Library Collection Record1. The coexistence of leguminous trees and C4 grasses in many African savannas forces competition between these two distinct plant life-forms. The nature of tree - grass coexistence and the…Publication Date 2010
- vegetation dynamics
- soil nitrogen
- fertilizer
- C4 grasses
- African Acacia
- competition
- grass
- nitrogen fixation
- nodule
- Phosphate
- savanna
- Africa
- Library Collection Record1. An unresolved question in plant ecology is how the balance between positive and negative interactions changes with environmental conditions. Recently, the debate has been expanded by Brooker…Publication Date 2010
- vegetation dynamics
- ecosystem ecology
- competition
- environmental gradients
- facilitation
- indices
- plant interactions
- Library Collection RecordTraditionally the presence of large numbers of woody plants in rangelands is thought to reflect declining rangeland health and reduced pastoral productivity. However, an increasing body of evidence…Publication Date 2010
- shrubs
- competition
- facilitation
- Library Collection RecordTheoretical models predict that the relative importance of facilitation and competition may vary inversely across gradients of abiotic stress. However, these predictions have not been thoroughly…Publication Date 2010
- abiotic stress
- competition
- facilitation
- Herbaceous Species
- Tree
- plant autecology
- biodiversity
- savanna
- rainfall
- modelling
- North Africa
- Library Collection RecordMany mechanisms have been suggested to explain the coexistence of woody species and grasses in savannas. However, evidence from field studies and simulation models has been mixed. Patch dynamics is a…Publication Date 2009
- Cyclical succession
- Spatiotemporal scales
- competition
- simulation models
- shrub encroachment
- Mosaic cycles
- Woody Species
- shrubs
- grasses
- savanna
- grasslands
- vegetation dynamics
- ecology
- modelling
- rainfall
- Library Collection RecordWe assessed whether prior foraging by wild herbivores affected foraging behaviour of cattle in Laikipia rangeland, Kenya, during February 2001, August 2001 and February 2002. The study compared…Publication Date 2009
- competition
- bite rate
- foraging behaviour
- livestock
- private land
- Step rate
- wildlife
- foraging ecology
- management
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordHerbicides have been applied extensively on rangelands to reduce forbs that were considered undesirable, which has been assumed to lead to an increase in grass production and ultimately to an…Publication Date 2009
- biodiversity
- conservation
- average daily gain
- Cattle Performance
- Great Plains
- competition
- invasive species
- mixed prairie
- plant species composition
- vegetation dynamics
- weed control
- Weeds
- herbicides
- grasslands
- plant production
- animal production
- Oklahoma
- USA
- Library Collection RecordThis study quantified herbaceous biomass responses to increases in honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa Torr.) cover on two soils from 1995 to 2001 in north central Texas. Vegetation was sampled…Publication Date 2008-09-01
- competition
- drought
- precipitation variability
- Prosopis glandulosa
- savannas
- species composition
- woody encroachment
- woody plants
- Library Collection RecordAn overview of ecological models of grasslands and their research questions is presented. For the purpose of this article, models are regarded as a simplified and formalized representation of…Publication Date 2008
- competition
- disturbance
- Ecosystem modeling
- Grassland dynamics
- grazing
- Optimal life-history strategies
- primary production
- Remote sensing data
- Spatially explicit models
- succession
- modelling
- ecosystem ecology
- community
- vegetation dynamics
- plant production
- southern Africa
- Library Collection RecordPhyla canescens (lippia) is an invasive weed from South America that is now widespread throughout floodplains and wetlands of the Murray-Darling Basin in Australia. Lippia has invaded internationally…Publication Date 2008
- floodplains
- grazing management
- competition
- Murray Darling Basin
- seasonal rest
- Library Collection RecordA field study was conducted to investigate the effects of existing adult neighbors and gap size on the process of seedling establishment in Leymus chinensis. Seeds of L. chinensis were added to…Publication Date 2007-11-01
- competition
- emergence
- gap size
- restoration
- seedling growth
- Library Collection RecordHigh plant functional group diversity has been hypothesized to reduce resource concentrations based on the assumption that species from one functional group acquire resources similarly to one another…Publication Date 2007-05-01
- ammonium
- competition
- grasslands
- nitrates
- removal experience
- seasonal nutrient use
- soil nutrients
- Library Collection RecordConserving African wildlife in human-occupied landscapes requires management intervention that is guided by a mechanistic understanding of how anthropogenic factors influence large-scale ecological…Publication Date 2007
- wildlife
- rainfall
- predation
- competition
- apparent competition
- Non-protected area
- management
- conservation
- grasslands
- eco - tourism
- cattle
- Africa
- Library Collection RecordRangeland managers often must decide whether to suppress dicotyledonous weed populations with expensive and time-consuming management strategies. Often, the underlying goal of weed suppression…Publication Date 2006-07-01
- Bayesian
- competition
- invasive species
- light interception
- model
- weed management
- Library Collection RecordAbstract Forty-six years of vegetation response to mesquite removal at dry, low elevation sites on the Santa Rita Experimental Range in southern Arizona was only slightly different than the…Publication Date 2006
- Arizona
- burroweed
- competition
- Forage Production.
- mesquite
- Santa Rita Experimental Range
- United States
- woody plant
- Library Collection RecordBotanical composition of mule deer and elk diets in winter, spring, summer, and autumn was studied during 1998 and 1999 on woodland rangeland in north-central New Mexico using microhistological…Publication Date 2005-07-01
- rangelands
- forage
- wildlife
- competition
- grazing
- Library Collection RecordThe recruitment of perennial grass seedlings in degraded areas of the Patagonian Monte was analyzed. Recolonization of large bare-soil areas by dwarf shrubs or perennial grasses was hypothesized to…Publication Date 2004-03-01
- facilitation
- competition
- arid ecosystems
- soil seed bank
- patch dynamics
- water availability
- Library Collection RecordAbstract. Disturbance may be an important determinant of plant community composition and diversity owing to its effects on competitive interactions, resources, dominance and vigour. The effect of…Publication Date 2004
- competition
- fire
- light
- litter
- Soil desiccation
- species richness
- fire ecology
- grasslands
- ecosystem ecology
- management
- Africa