Top-down vs. bottom-up control on vegetation composition in a tidal marsh depends on scale.

The relative impact of top-down control by herbivores and bottom-up control by environmental conditions on vegetation is a subject of debate in ecology. In this study, we hypothesize that top-down control by goose foraging and bottom-up control by sediment accretion on vegetation composition within...

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Main Authors: Kelly Elschot, Anke Vermeulen, Wouter Vandenbruwaene, Jan P Bakker, Tjeerd J Bouma, Julia Stahl, Henk Castelijns, Stijn Temmerman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5291511?pdf=render