Impact of herbivory and competition on lake ecosystem structure: underwater experimental manipulation
Abstract Two basic ecological relationships, herbivory and competition, distinctively influence terrestrial ecosystem characteristics, such as plant cover, species richness and species composition. We conducted a cage experiment under natural conditions in an aquatic ecosystem to test the impacts of...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-08-01
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Series: | Scientific Reports |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-30598-0 |