Herbivore effects on productivity vary by guild: cattle increase mean productivity while wildlife reduce variability
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Herbivore effects on productivity vary by guild: cattle increase mean productivity while wildlife reduce variability.
Wild herbivores and livestock share the majority of rangelands worldwide, yet few controlled experiments have addressed their individual, additive, and interactive impacts on ecosystem function. While ungulate herbivores generally reduce standing biomass, their effects on aboveground net primary production (ANPP) can vary by spatial and temporal context, intensity of herbivory, and herbivore id...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecological Applications
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1051-0761,1939-5582
DOI: 10.1002/eap.1422