Belowground competition and niche partitioning between the Babassu palm and Urochloa grass in eastern Amazonian pastures

Belowground competition and niche partitioning between the Babassu palm and Urochloa grass in eastern Amazonian pastures

Abstract Much of deforested Amazonia is dominated by pastures planted with exotic Urochloa (syn Brachiaria) grass, containing interspersed, ruderal Babassu palm (Attalea speciosa). This two‐species system offers the opportunity to investigate how two very competitive species interact. We investigate...

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Main Authors: André Brenner deAlencar Pageú, Odenilson deDeus Ribeiro Lima, Daniel Cutrim Diniz, Luciana Sousa daSilva, Maria Elisabeth Detert, Christoph Gehring
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-11-01
Series:Ecosphere
Subjects:
Attalea speciosa
Brachiaria
dominance effects
niche expansion
palisade grass
root competition
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4687

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4687

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