Effect of defoliation on grass growth. A quantitative review

By D. Ferraro, M. Oesterheld. 2002

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Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Short-term management and stocking rate effects of grazing sheep on herbage quality and productivity of Inner Mongolia steppe (2009, background): “The parameter RGR is an important measure of plant response to grazing, representing the production per unit of producing tissue (Hilbert et al. 1981) and, thus, RGR iswell suited to answer the question of whether grazing causes compensatory responses in plants (Ferraro and Oesterheld 2002).”
Mosses mediate grazer impacts on grass abundance in arctic ecosystems (2004, background): “Reduced grazing of vascular plants would have produced continuous, localized deposition of leaf litter as is commonly found in herbivore exclusion studies (Bazely & Jefferies 1989; Van Wijnen et al. 1999; Virtanen 2000), including those on Spitsbergen ( Bakker & Loonen 1998; Wegener & Odasz-Albrigt”
Defoliation and patchy nutrient return drive grazing effects on plant and soil properties in a dairy cow pasture (2009, background): “Two earlier reviews suggest that while defoliation mainly decreases root mass (Ferraro and Oesterheld 2002), animal grazing more often increases than decreases root mass (Milchunas and Lauenroth 1993).”
High white-tailed deer densities benefit graminoids and contribute to biotic homogenization of forest ground-layer vegetation (2009, background): “The short stature, intercalary meristems, high shoot densities, and capacity for compensatory growth enable grasses and sedges to tolerate herbivory (Coughenour 1985; Ferraro and Oesterheld 2002), giving them a competitive advantage over broad-leaved forbs, shrubs, and ferns in heavily browsed envir”
Compensatory growth responses to clipping defoliation in Leymus chinensis (Poaceae) under nutrient addition and water deficiency conditions (2008, background): “On the other hand, an increase in relative growth rate as a result of defoliation induces a compensatory response (Ferraro and Oesterheld 2002).”
Does herbivory really suppress mycorrhiza? A meta‐analysis (2010, background): “In a meta-analysis of defoliation effects on growth of grasses, Ferraro & Oesterheld (2002) found that the percentage defoliation did not influence effect size, but effects were more severe as defoliation frequency increased.”