Termite mounds mitigate against 50?years of herbivore-induced reduction of functional diversity of savanna woody plants

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• 作者：Grant S. Joseph ; Milton Makumbe ; Colleen L. Seymour ; Graeme S. Cumming…
• 关键词：Bottom ; up versus top ; down effects ; Functional divergence ; Functional evenness ; Functional richness ; Spatial heterogeneity ; Termitaria
• 刊名：Landscape Ecology
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：30
• 期：10
• 页码：2161-2174
• 全文大小：1,016 KB
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• 作者单位：Grant S. Joseph (1)
  Milton Makumbe (3)
  Colleen L. Seymour (1) (2)
  Graeme S. Cumming (1) (4)
  Zacheus Mahlangu (3)
  David H. M. Cumming (1) (3)
  
  1. Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, Cape Town, 7701, South Africa
  3. Tropical Resource Ecology Programme, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe
  2. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Kirstenbosch Research Centre, Private Bag X7, Claremont, Cape Town, 7735, South Africa
  4. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, 4811, Australia
  
• 刊物类别：Biomedical and Life Sciences
• 刊物主题：Life Sciences
  Landscape Ecology
  Plant Ecology
  Forestry Management
  Forestry
  Ecology
  Plant Sciences
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9761

文摘

Context Spatially heterogeneous habitats often promote woody plant species and functional diversity (FD). Ungulate herbivory can have the opposite effect. Across the globe, the type and intensity of herbivory is changing, as domestic livestock replace wild ungulates, which are increasingly confined to protected areas. Despite recognition of the importance of FD for ecosystem functioning, the interactive effect of soil-related fine-scale heterogeneity and larger-scale ungulate herbivory on woody plant FD is little-known.