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Title: Plant morphology and grazing history: Relationships between native grasses and herbivores
Journal: Plant Ecology
Authors: E. L. Painter, J. K. Detling, and D. A. Steingraeber
Date: 1993
Summary: Painter et al examined four co-occurring perennial grass species: Bouteloua gracilis, Agropyron smithii, Schizachyrium scoparium, and Andropogon gerardii from eight locales in South Dakota. Active-colony plants were more frequently and more heavily grazed than those at other grazed locales. In situ, plants from heavily grazed populations were smaller and more prostrate than those from populations with little to no grazing (including the extinct colony) and interpopulation variation corresponded to current gr ...
Agrovoc Control Words: Riparian zones, Rangelands, Wildlife
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