Predicting plant species’ responses to grazing

By Peter Vesk, M. Westoby. 2001

220 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Forestry, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology

1. R. Pakeman
2. S. Lavorel
3. J. Pykälä
4. Peter Vesk
5. A. Mysterud
6. P. Adler
7. M. Westoby
8. M. Leishman

In Forestry

1. R. Pakeman
2. S. Lavorel
3. J. Pykälä
4. M. Leishman
5. A. Mysterud
6. P. Adler
7. J. Dorrough
8. C. P. Carmona

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. R. Pakeman
2. S. Lavorel
3. Francesco de Bello
4. Peter Vesk
5. M. Westoby
6. Sandra Díaz
7. M. Leishman
8. P. Adler

Citations in the corpus

• Plant species responses to cattle grazing in mesic semi-natural grassland (2005, background): “Grazing intensity and timing of grazing are known to influence species responses to grazing (Bullock et al., 2001; Vesk and Westoby, 2001).”
• The concept of overgrazing and its role in management of large herbivores (2006, background): “A single plant species may respond by increasing or decreasing occurrence under heavy grazing pressure, depending on the plant and the ecosystem (Vesk & Westoby 2002), since also competing species such as mosses may be affected.”
• A framework to predict the effects of livestock grazing and grazing exclusion on conservation values in natural ecosystems in Australia. (2007, background): “Like most geographical phenomena, outcomes are likely to become more variable as spatial scale increases (Vesk and Westoby 2001).”
• Simple traits do not predict grazing response in Australian dry shrublands and woodlands (2004, methodology): “Leishman (unpublished data), partially reported in Leishman & Westoby (1992, 1994). SLA data were added by M. R. Leishman (unpublished data). Other species data were collated by P.A. Vesk (unpublished data) from field collections and floras, especially Cunningham et al . (1992). Species nomenclature”
• Effects of grazing abandonment on functional and taxonomic diversity of Mediterranean grasslands (2012, methodology): “In order to control for the possible effect of productivity on the vegetation response to grazing (de Bello et al., 2005; Pakeman et al., 2004; Vesk and Westoby, 2001), soil fertility was estimated by a bioassay with barley (Hordeum vulgare).”
• The allometry of reproductive biomass in response to land use in Tibetan alpine grasslands. (2009, background): “A large number of empirical and theoretical studies have examined the impact of these two treatments on plant composition and ecosystem function (Vesk & Westoby 2001; Hooper et al .”
• Plant trait responses to grazing – a global synthesis (2007, background): “Those which use plant traits provide a more general and mechanistic basis for understanding plant behaviour (Dı́az et al., 2001; Lavorel & Garnier, 2002; see also Vesk & Westoby, 2001), but have generally focused on local conditions.”
• Using ants for rangeland monitoring: Global patterns in the responses of ant communities to grazing (2010, background): “2005) and plants (Noy-Meir et al. 1989; Vesk & Westoby 2001), and the greater 246 Page 11 the edaphic differences in the multiple habitats or easons sampled, the greater the 247 potential for contrasting responses.”
• Plant responses to livestock grazing frequency in an Australian temperate grassland (2004, background): “1981), resource availability (Proulx and Mazumder 1998) and vegetation composition (Vesk and Westoby 2001).”
• Do individual plant species show predictable responses to nitrogen addition across multiple experiments (2005, background): “Instead, the responses of many species to grazing are dependent on environmental context (Milchunas et al. 1988, 1989, Vesk and Westoby 2001 ).”
• Toward a new generation of agricultural system data, models, and knowledge products: State of agricultural systems science (2017, background): “There can also be significant differences in growth rates among and even within species after a grazing event (Milchunas and Lauenroth, 1993; Vesk and Westoby, 2001).”
• Consistency of plant species and trait responses to grazing along a productivity gradient: a multi‐site analysis (2004, methodology): “This has been used to investigate the effects of climate and grazing animals on the response of species to increased grazing (Vesk & Westoby 2001) and to link leaf traits to grazing change (Díaz et al .”