Livestock settlement affects shrub abundance via plant functional diversity but not species richness in arid environments
Gabriel Gatica, Adrián Escudero, Eduardo Pucheta
Topics & Concepts
Species richnessSpecies evennessEcologyShrubBiodiversityAbundance (ecology)Grazing pressureConservation grazingSpecies diversityBiologyGrazingAlpha diversityPlant communityHerbivoreResistance (ecology)Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics StudiesPlant and animal studiesRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology