Plant Trait Assembly Affects Superiority of Grazers Foraging Strategies in Species-Rich Grasslands

摘要

BackgroundCurrent plant – herbivore interaction models and experiments with mammalian herbivores grazing plant monocultures show the superiority of a maximizing forage quality strategy (MFQ) over a maximizing intake strategy (MI). However, there is a lack of evidence whether grazers comply with the model predictions under field conditions.