2004
DOI: 10.1890/03-5182
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Vole‐driven Succession in Experimental Wet‐prairie Restorations

Abstract: A challenge of experimental restoration is to determine the reasons why restored communities develop as they do. Divergent successions in plantings of 16 tallgrass prairie species sown in equal densities in Wisconsin (USA) revealed strong effects of vole (Microtus pennsylvanicus) herbivory on vegetation initially protected for an establishment period of over 24 months, by which time all principal species were flowering and fruiting. Half of the plots were then subjected to 48 months of vole access. An otherwis… Show more

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“…The experiment was established on seasonally Xooded ground in 1995 (details in Howe and Lane 2004). A total of eighteen 4 £ 4-m plots were delineated in a 3 £ 6 east-west grid, with each plot separated from others by a 3-m lane planted with Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L., Poaceae).…”
Section: Set-up and Treatmentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The experiment was established on seasonally Xooded ground in 1995 (details in Howe and Lane 2004). A total of eighteen 4 £ 4-m plots were delineated in a 3 £ 6 east-west grid, with each plot separated from others by a 3-m lane planted with Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis L., Poaceae).…”
Section: Set-up and Treatmentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Voles, for instance, may alter forest succession by eliminating seedlings of some tree species more than others (Ostfeld et al 1997;Manson et al 2001), may change competitive interactions between herbaceous species (e.g., Batzli and Pitelka 1970;Olofsson et al 2002Olofsson et al , 2004Olofsson et al , 2005Hambäck et al 2004), and may alter genetic composition of plant populations (Prittinen et al 2006). Adaptation of techniques used in experimental restoration (Jordan et al 1987) is enlightening because herbaceous grasses and forbs that rarely if ever achieve dominance in nature do so in plantings when protected from voles, sometimes reaching 80% cover in individual plots (Howe and Lane 2004). The implication is that top-down eVects of rodent herbivory collectively shape the species composition of herbaceous plant assemblages (Howe and Brown 1999;Howe et al 2006;Olofsson et al 2004Olofsson et al , 2005del-Val and Crawley 2005).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Herbivores are capable of altering ecosystem structure and function (Milchunas et al 1988;Parker et al 2006) through interacting effects of stress from grazing and release from competitive exclusion (Paine 1971;Grime 1973;Connell 1978). In terrestrial grasslands, the success of restoration and recovery trajectories in restoration projects that target rehabilitation of plant communities may be influenced by selective herbivory (Howe & Lane 2004;Fraser & Madson 2008).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In these projects, an early successional, faster-growing seagrass species (e.g., H. wrightii and/or S. filiforme in the subtropical western Atlantic region) is transplanted under the assumption that they will colonize more quickly than slower-growing climax species (e.g., T. testudinum), which in time, will reestablish dominance in the restoration area. Experimental evidence exists that that transplanted, early-successional seagrasses may be preferentially consumed through selective herbivory (Howe & Lane 2004;Fraser & Madson 2008;Prado et al 2010). However, despite the literature record as well as cautionary notes of the potential impact of herbivory to planting unit survival (Fonseca et al 1998), the impacts of herbivores on transplanting success in seagrass meadows remains largely unstudied.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%