This revised and updated edition focuses on constrained ordination (RDA, CCA), variation
partitioning and the use of permutation tests of statistical hypotheses about multivariate data …

Plant modularity-related traits are important ecological determinants of vegetation
composition, dynamics, and resilience. While simple changes in plant biomass resulting …

Understanding the mechanism of plant morphological plasticity in response to grazing and
clipping of semiarid grassland can provide insight into the process of disturbance-induced …

Despite the predominant role of bud banks in population regeneration and community
dynamics, they have received far less attention than deserved. In particular, it remains …

Regrowth after defoliation is an essential mechanism of plant tolerance to grazing. In
grasses, non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) contained in tiller bases constitute a major …

Mowing is an important land management practice for natural semi-arid regions. A growing
body of empirical evidence shows that different mowing regimes affect the functioning of …

Predicting the effect of a changing environment, eg, caused by climate change, on realized
niche dynamics, and consequently, biodiversity is a challenging scientific question that …

Rotational stocking theoretically enables regrazing of regrowth, but regrowth may be limited
in xerophytic vegetation. We tested the hypothesis that regrowth would be slow and fixed in …

There is growing evidence that herbivory-induced legacy effects permit plants to cope with
herbivory. However, herbivory-induced defense strategies in plants against grazing …

This thesis developed various methods to quantify and better understand paropsine
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) defoliation within Eucalyptus, with the overarching goal of …