Large herbivores facilitate a dominant grassland forb via multiple indirect effects

Agriculture & Biology

• grasslands 83%
• herbivores 81%
• Artemisia scoparia 64%
• land management 48%
• cattle 46%
• soil nutrients 39%
• soil water 32%
• Lasius 28%
• plant growth 27%
• Leymus chinensis 27%
• Formica 26%
• conservation practices 25%
• ant colonies 24%
• terrestrial ecosystems 23%
• biomass 23%
• Artemisia 22%
• dominant species 19%
• plant litter 19%
• microhabitats 19%
• aboveground biomass 19%
• understory 19%
• litters (young animals) 18%
• Formicidae 16%
• grazing 15%
• vertebrates 14%
• grasses 14%
• China 12%
• environmental factors 12%
• soil 9%
• animals 8%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• herbivore 100%
• grassland 79%
• cattle 26%
• effect 22%
• ant 20%
• soil nutrient 18%
• consumption 18%
• litter 16%
• soil moisture 14%
• light availability 11%
• biomass 10%
• resource availability 10%
• microhabitat 9%
• abiotic factor 9%
• aboveground biomass 9%
• understory 9%
• terrestrial ecosystem 8%
• land management 8%
• vertebrate 7%
• management practice 7%
• field experiment 7%
• grazing 7%
• soil surface 7%
• grass 7%
• animal 5%
• resource 4%
• removal 4%