Functional responses of white spruce to snowshoe hare herbivory at the treeline.

Herbivores can modify the rate of shrub and treeline advance. Both direct and indirect effects of herbivory may simultaneously interact to affect the growth rates of plants at this ecotone. We investigated the effect of snowshoe hare herbivory on the height of white spruce at two treeline locations...

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Main Authors: Justin Olnes, Knut Kielland, Hélène Genet, Glenn P Juday, Roger W Ruess
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5983493?pdf=render