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Batzli, George O. DeJaco, Carrie Elizabeth 2015-09-25T22:42:32Z 2015-09-25T22:42:32Z 10000-01-01 2006 2006 Neither rabbit endozoochory nor rodent granivory affected plant communities in any successional stage. Rodents did not prefer larger seeds. Herbivory by rabbits and rodents influenced the plant communities more than did consumption or dispersal of seeds. Both groups of animals reduced abundance of palatable forbs and increased that of unpalatable forbs. Grasses palatable to voles increased in exclosures during mid- and late succession. Rodent exclusion also significantly increased abundance of the legume Medicago sativa, which had highly palatable shoots and seeds. Cirsium arvense, a palatable forb, increased substantially with the removal of deer and the grass Festuca elatior declined. Woody seedlings rarely occurred in the grasslands and none of the mammals affected their abundance. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T22:42:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 3242829.pdf: 5595292 bytes, checksum: 2bf5f8353ba1ef38299235f77024b899 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 86644 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 168 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/85363 (MiAaPQ)AAI3242829 eng Biology, Ecology The Effects of Mammalian Herbivores on Successional Grasslands in Central Illinois text Biology Biology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.