Edge Effects along a Seagrass Margin Result in an Increased Grazing Risk on Posidonia australis Transplants
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Edge Effects along a Seagrass Margin Result in an Increased Grazing Risk on Posidonia australis Transplants
A key issue in habitat restoration are the changes in ecological processes that occur when fragments of habitat are lost, resulting in the persistence of habitat-degraded margins. Margins often create or enhance opportunities for negative plant-herbivore interactions, preventing natural or assisted re-establishment of native vegetation into the degraded area. However, at some distance from the ...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLOS ONE
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0137778