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Above- and below-ground vertebrate herbivory may each favour a different subordinate species in an aquatic plant community

At least two distinct trade-offs are thought to facilitate higher diversity in productive plant communities under herbivory. Higher investment in defence and enhanced colonization potential may both correlate with decreased competitive ability in plants. Herbivory may thus promote coexistence of pla...

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Autores principales: Hidding, Bert, Nolet, Bart A., de Boer, Thijs, de Vries, Peter P., Klaassen, Marcel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776151/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19756762
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00442-009-1450-6