University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Faculty Publications in the Biological Sciences Papers in the Biological Sciences 1994 Experimental evidence for insect impact on populations of short- lived, perennial plants, and its application in restoration ecology Svata M. Louda University of Nebraska - Lincoln,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bioscifacpub Part of the Life Sciences Commons Louda, Svata M., "Experimental evidence for insect impact on populations of short-lived, perennial plants, and its application in restoration ecology" (1994). Faculty Publications in the Biological Sciences. 93. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/bioscifacpub/93 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Papers in the Biological Sciences at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications in the Biological Sciences by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Published in RESTORATION OF ENDANGERED SPECIES: CONCEPTUAL ISSUES, PLANNING, AND IMPLEMENTATION, edited by Marlin L. Bowles & Christopher J. Whelan (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994), pp. 118-138. Copyright 1994 Cambridge University Press. Used by permission. Experimental evidence for insect impact on populations of short-lived, perennial plants, and its application in restoration ecology SVA~AM. LOUDA Introduction Successful management of vegetation and the restoration of threatened or endangered plant populations clearly depend on the unambiguous identi- fication of the factors that determine and limit plant abundance and distribution (e.g. Harper 1977, Jordan, Gilpin & Aber 1987). Physical conditions, plant physiological responses, and plant competitive interactions are often important (e.g. Harper 1977, Chabot & Mooney 1985, Pickett & White 1985, Grace & Tilman 1990), and these factors are usually evaluated.