Plant community structure is often the result of interactions between succession,
disturbance, and dispersal. While some disturbances may be highly stochastic (eg, flooding …

Herbivory often operates through a feedback in which herbivores affect the success and
location of plants, which in turn affects the foraging behavior of animals. Factors other than …

Body size of vertebrate herbivores is strongly linked to other life history traits, most notably
(1) tolerance of low quality forage and (2) vulnerability to predation, which both impact the …

A field was disturbed via disking, divided into 36 plots, and fertilized with different ratios of N:
Mg in 1980. High N: Mg supply ratios tended to favor the perennial grasses Agrostis scabra …

We examined the impact of pocket gopher disturbances on the dynamics of a shortgrass
prairie community. Through their burrowing activity, pocket gophers (Thomomys bottae) cast …

Plant‐soil feedbacks can contribute to the coexistence of plant species and may predict the
abundance of plant species within communities. Here, we test if plant‐soil feedbacks act as …

Species interactions are integral to ecological community function, and the structure of
species interactions has repercussions for the consequences of species extinctions. Few …

1 Competition, trophic interactions and abiotic disturbances play important roles in
governing plant population dynamics, yet few studies have addressed their relative …

Natural landscape boundaries between vegetation communities are dynamically influenced
by the selective grazing of herbivores. Here we show how this may be an emergent property …

Assessing the various mechanisms by which plants revegetate disturbances is important for
understanding the effects of disturbances on plant population dynamics, plant community …