Alternate Grassy Ecosystem States Are Determined by Palatability-Flammability Trade-Offs.
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Hempson, GP; Archibald, S; Donaldson, JE; Lehmann, CER
Published in: Trends in ecology & evolution
April 2019
Fire and mammalian grazers both consume grasses, and feedbacks between grass species, their functional traits, and consumers have profound effects on grassy ecosystem structure worldwide, such that savanna and grassland states determined by fire or grazing can be considered alternate states. These parallel savanna-forest alternate states, which likewise have myriad cascading ecosystem impacts.
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Trends in ecology & evolution
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1872-8383
ISSN
0169-5347
Publication Date
April 2019
Volume
34
Issue
4
Start / End Page
286 / 290
Related Subject Headings
- Poaceae
- Mammals
- Forests
- Fires
- Evolutionary Biology
- Ecosystem
- Animals
- 41 Environmental sciences
- 31 Biological sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences
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Hempson, G. P., Archibald, S., Donaldson, J. E., & Lehmann, C. E. R. (2019). Alternate Grassy Ecosystem States Are Determined by Palatability-Flammability Trade-Offs. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 34(4), 286–290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.01.007
Hempson, Gareth P., Sally Archibald, Jason E. Donaldson, and Caroline E. R. Lehmann. “Alternate Grassy Ecosystem States Are Determined by Palatability-Flammability Trade-Offs.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution 34, no. 4 (April 2019): 286–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2019.01.007.
Hempson GP, Archibald S, Donaldson JE, Lehmann CER. Alternate Grassy Ecosystem States Are Determined by Palatability-Flammability Trade-Offs. Trends in ecology & evolution. 2019 Apr;34(4):286–90.
Hempson, Gareth P., et al. “Alternate Grassy Ecosystem States Are Determined by Palatability-Flammability Trade-Offs.” Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 34, no. 4, Apr. 2019, pp. 286–90. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.tree.2019.01.007.
Hempson GP, Archibald S, Donaldson JE, Lehmann CER. Alternate Grassy Ecosystem States Are Determined by Palatability-Flammability Trade-Offs. Trends in ecology & evolution. 2019 Apr;34(4):286–290.
Published In
Trends in ecology & evolution
DOI
EISSN
1872-8383
ISSN
0169-5347
Publication Date
April 2019
Volume
34
Issue
4
Start / End Page
286 / 290
Related Subject Headings
- Poaceae
- Mammals
- Forests
- Fires
- Evolutionary Biology
- Ecosystem
- Animals
- 41 Environmental sciences
- 31 Biological sciences
- 06 Biological Sciences