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Global signal of top-down control of terrestrial plant communities by herbivores
The theory of “top-down” ecological regulation predicts that herbivory suppresses plant abundance, biomass, and survival but increases diversity through the disproportionate consumption of dominant species, which inhibits competitive exclusion. To date, these outcomes have been clear in aquatic ecos...
| Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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National Academy of Sciences
2018
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6004463/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29848630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1707984115 |