Mammalian herbivores restrict the altitudinal range limits of three alpine grass species (transplant and herbivore exclusion experiment and demographic data from natural populations), West Elk Mountains, Colorado, USA 2015-2018

• Main Authors: Joshua S. Lynn, Jennifer A. Rudgers, Tom E.X. Miller
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Environmental Data Initiative 2021
• Subjects: Herbivory; biotic interactions; MPM/IPM demographic modeling; population ecology; Dobzhansky-MacArthur hypothesis; experiment; biogeography; climate change; plants; Elymus Elymus scribneri; Festuca Festuca brachyphylla; Poa Poa alpina; Elymus scribneri; Festuca brachyphylla; Poa alpina; Avery
• Online Access: https://pasta.lternet.edu/package/metadata/eml/edi/839/2

Though rarely experimentally tested, biotic interactions have long been hypothesized 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 center (core) of...