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Foraging geese, vegetation loss and soil degradation in an Arctic salt marsh
Date: 2002
Authors: R. L. Jefferies, and R. F. Rockwell
Summary: Changes in plant cover due to Lesser snow geese (<em>Chen caerulescens caerulescens</em>) herbivory along the salt marshes of La Pérouse Bay, Manitoba (58° 45’ N, 93° 30’ W) were ...
Keywords: fecal density, lesser snow geese, chen caerulescens caerulescens, bare soil, bareground, species assemblage, standing crop, grazing, grubbing
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Effects of floral herbivory on maternal reproduction in <em>Sanicula arctopoides</em> (Apiaceae)
Date: 1994
Authors: G. J. Lowenberg
Summary: In Sanicula arctopoides, a perennial monocarp, removal of umbels, both naturally by deer (<em>Odocoileus hemionus</em>) and by artificial clipping early in the flowering season in California, led to no loss of maternal reproduction as mea ...
Keywords: compensation, herbivory, black-tailed deer, odocoileus hemionus, plant-herbivore interactions, sanicula arctopoides, seed production, seed/fruit abortion, umbels
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Effects of clipping on burned and unburned creeping bluestem
Date: 1985
Authors: R. S. Kalmbacher, F. G. Martin, W. S. Terry, D. H. Hunter, and L. D. White
Summary: Creeping bluestem (<em>Schizachyrium stoloniferum</em>), a major decreaser on Florida range, is adversely affected by grazing during the growing season after a winter burn. Creeping bluestem yield from unburned areas declined linearly wit ...
Keywords: clipping, prescribed burning, creeping bluestem, schizachyrium stoloniferum, grazing, tiller
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Effects of leaf removal on reproductions vs. belowground storage in <em>Trillium grandiflorum</em>
Date: 1989
Authors: A. E. Lubbers, and M. J. Lechowicz
Summary: The objective of this study was to examine flexibility in allocation to storage and reproduction with respect to loss of leaf area in <em>Trillium grandiflorum</em>, a perennial herb of temperate deciduous forests in eastern North America ...
Keywords: deciduous forest, defoliation, reproductive biology, resource allocation, spring ephemeral, total nonstructural carbohydrates, trillium grandiflorum
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Marsh restoration in the presence of intense herbivory: The role of <em>Justicia lanceolata</em> (Chapm.) small
Date: 1993
Authors: D. W. Llewellyn, and G. P. Shaffer
Summary: The potential use of <em>Justicia lanceolata</em> in wetland restoration was examined on Arrowhead and Hawk islands in the Atchafalaya Delta, Louisiana. Four paired islets of <em>J. lanceolata</em> were selected with one plot ...
Keywords: lance-leafed water willow, justicia lanceolata, nutria, myocastor coypus, herbivore-resistant, louisiana, fresh marsh, wetlands restoration
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