Simple traits do not predict grazing response in Australian dry shrublands and woodlands

By Peter Vesk, M. Leishman, M. Westoby. 2004

125 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Forestry, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. Francesco de Bello
2. J. Lepš
3. S. Lavorel
4. R. Pakeman
5. M. Sebastiá
6. Eric Garnier
7. Sandra Díaz
8. C. P. Carmona

In Forestry

1. Francesco de Bello
2. J. Lepš
3. S. Lavorel
4. Eric Garnier
5. M. Sebastiá
6. R. Pakeman
7. P. Adler
8. Sandra Díaz

In Nature and Landscape Conservation

1. Francesco de Bello
2. S. Lavorel
3. J. Lepš
4. R. Pakeman
5. Eric Garnier
6. M. Sebastiá
7. Sandra Díaz
8. C. P. Carmona

Citations in the corpus

• Livestock Type is More Crucial Than Grazing Intensity: Traditional Cattle and Sheep Grazing in Short‐Grass Steppes (2018, unknown): “…Díaz et al., 2001, Cruz et al., 2010), SLA (depends both on intensity and diet selectivity, in some cases increasing with increasing intensity; Vesk et al., 2004, Westoby, 1999, in other decreasing; Cruz et al., 2010), LDMC (decreasing with intensity, as a consequence of decreasing…”
• The advantages and disadvantages of being introduced (2006, background): “…herbs than on woody plants, consistent with an earlier conclusion that herbivory was likely to have stronger effects on shorter lived species (Maron and Vilà 2001), although associations between susceptibility to grazing and life history may not necessarily hold across systems (Vesk et al. 2004).”
• Bud banks and their role in vegetative regeneration – A literature review and proposal for simple classification and assessment (2007, background): “…and the ability to sprout from plant fragments determine plant regeneration after disturbances differing in severity (Bellingham and Sparrow, 2000; Vesk et al., 2004b; Vesk and Westoby, 2004c), whereas seasonal fluctuations in the number of buds determine the response to different timing of…”
• Differential responses of plant functional trait to grazing between two contrasting dominant C3 and C4 species in a typical steppe of Inner Mongolia, China (2011, background): “Thus, the effect of grazing on the functional traits was also mediated by water availability (Adler et al. 2004; Osem et al. 2004; Pakeman 2004; Vesk et al. 2004).”
• Functional traits of graminoids in semi-arid steppes: a test of grazing histories (2004, background): “Although previous work has identified certain key traits such as life form, plant stature, seed size and leaf toughness (Milchunas & Lauenroth 1993; Diaz, Noy-Meir & Cabido 2001; McIntyre & Lavorel 2001; Westoby et al. 2002), cross-system generalizations appear elusive (Vesk & Westoby 2001; Vesk, L”
• Impact of abundance weighting on the response of seed traits to climate and land use (2008, background): “Reader 1993; Eriksson & Eriksson 1997; Kahmen et al . 2002), although not in all (Pakeman 2004; Vesk et al . 2004 ).”
• A meta‐analysis of biotic resistance to exotic plant invasions (2004, result): “It also consistent with the observation that herbivory is more destructive to perennials than annuals (Vesk et al. 2004) because perennials have a longer period of vulnerability prior to reproduction.”
• Effects of grazing abandonment on functional and taxonomic diversity of Mediterranean grasslands (2012, result): “Previous studies have found no consistent results for SLA in relation to grazing in arid environments (Vesk et al., 2004), or on mixed gradients of productivity (fertility or rainfall) and grazing (Cingolani et al.”
• Plant functional traits in studies of vegetation changes in response to grazing and mowing: towards a use of more specific traits (2008, background): “This might indicate that persistence and fast re-occupancy of the canopy after mowing is a key strategy for meadow plants, similarly to that of resprouters in pastures and fire-prone areas (Hendrickson & Briske 1997, Benson et al. 2004, Vesk et al. 2004b, Olano et al. 2006).”
• Leaf Traits as Functional Descriptors of the Intensity of Continuous Grazing in Native Grasslands in the South of Brazil (2010, background): “Nevertheless, under these last conditions Vesk et al. (2004) showed a lack of prediction of grazing response by simple plant traits and concluded that they probably are not appropriate to describe grasslands lacking a simple and continuous structure because of the high diversity of growth forms in…”