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dc.contributor.authorLynn, Joshua Scott
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Tom E.X.
dc.contributor.authorRudgers, Jennifer A.
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-08T12:53:57Z
dc.date.available2022-04-08T12:53:57Z
dc.date.created2022-01-25T18:03:12Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn1461-023X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2990784
dc.description.abstractAlthough rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesised to limit low-elevation range boundaries of species. We tested the effects of herbivory on three alpine-restricted plant species by transplanting plants below (novel), at the edge (limit), or in the centre (core) of their current elevational range and factorially fencing-out above- and belowground mammals. Herbivore damage was greater in range limit and novel habitats than in range cores. Exclosures increased plant biomass and reproduction more in novel habitats than in range cores, suggesting demographic costs of novel interactions with herbivores. We then used demographic models to project population growth rates, which increased 5–20% more under herbivore exclosure at range limit and novel sites than in core habitats. Our results identify mammalian herbivores as key drivers of the low-elevation range limits of alpine plants and indicate that upward encroachment of herbivores could trigger local extinctions by depressing plant population growth.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleMammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of alpine plants.en_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2021 The Author(s)en_US
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/ele.13829
dc.identifier.cristin1989848
dc.source.journalEcology Lettersen_US
dc.source.pagenumber1930-1942en_US
dc.identifier.citationEcology Letters. 2021, 24 (9), 1930-1942.en_US
dc.source.volume24en_US
dc.source.issue9en_US


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