Succession and climatic stochasticity induce long-term decline of a forest browser
by Eric S. Long, Enoch J. Tham, Ryan P. Ferrer
Removal of predators and creation of early seral habitat have, in many systems, caused substantial population growth of herbivores. Hyperabundant herbivores, in turn, induce cascading ecosystem effects, but few studies have investigated long-term browser density trends in relation to succession and stochastic climate events. Here, we use annual, empirical population estimates of a forest browser to relate forest succession to long-term decline... Читать дальше...