TOP‐DOWN CONTROL OF SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA PRODUCTION BY PERIWINKLE GRAZING IN A VIRGINIA SALT MARSH

By B. Silliman, J. Zieman. 2001

284 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Earth-Surface Processes, Ecology, Plant Science

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In Earth-Surface Processes

1. Caitlin MULLAN CRAIN
2. S. Connell
3. S. Findlay
4. K. Gedan
5. M. Bertness

In Ecology

1. Caitlin MULLAN CRAIN
2. M. Bertness
3. S. Connell
4. B. Russell
5. B. Silliman
6. S. Findlay
7. K. Kuehn
8. K. Gedan

In Plant Science

1. Caitlin MULLAN CRAIN
2. S. Connell
3. M. Bertness

Citations in the corpus

• A novel interaction between nutrients and grazers alters relative dominance of marine habitats (2005, background): “Many models may account for this observation, but a common observation from rocky-intertidal and saltmarsh habitats has been that molluscs consume relatively more nutrient-rich plants (Hillebrand et al. 2000, Silliman & Zieman 2001).”
• Interactions between marsh plant species vary in direction and strength depending on environmental and consumer context (2007, background): “While some consumers target stressed, undefended prey (Pennings et al. 2001; Silliman et al. 2005), often top-down effects increase when bottom-up stressors are relaxed (Vince et al. 1981; Stiling et al. 1991; Silliman & Zieman 2001).”
• Microbial growth and nitrogen retention in litter of Phragmites australis compared to Typha angustifolia (2002, background): “A large proportion of annual plant production in wetland habitats is not consumed by herbivores (e.g., Mann 1988, although see Silliman and Zieman 2001) and thus enters the pool of detritus, where microorganisms and detritusfeeding invertebrates play an important role in plant litter breakdown and…”
• Centuries of human-driven change in salt marsh ecosystems. (2009, background): “…densities of the marsh snail Littoraria irrorata can entirely denude stands of marsh cordgrass (>2.5 m tall) in less than a growing season by facilitating lethal fungal infection in vertical grazing scars on leaf surfaces (Silliman & Bertness 2002, Silliman & Newell 2003, Silliman & Zieman 2001).”