Seeing the forest for the trees-and the grasses: revisiting the evidence for grazer-maintained grasslands in Madagascar's Central Highlands

Proc Biol Sci. 2021 May 12;288(1950):20201785. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2020.1785. Epub 2021 May 12.

Authors

Brooke E Crowley¹, Laurie R Godfrey², James P Hansford^{3

4}, Karen E Samonds⁴

Affiliations

¹ Departments of Geology and Anthropology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
² Department of Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA.
³ Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, Regent's Park, London, UK.
⁴ Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: C4 plants; Madagascar; carbon isotope value; grazing; vertebrate.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
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MeSH terms

Biodiversity
Fires*
Grassland
Madagascar
Poaceae*

Associated data

figshare/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5415844