Recycling of nitrogen in herbivore feces: plant recovery, herbivore assimilation, soil retention, and leaching losses

Herbivores directly and indirectly affect ecosystem functioning in forests. Feces deposition is a direct effect that supplies ephemeral N pulses to soils. Herbivore-mediated changes in plant N allocation and uptake are indirect effects that can also influence soil N availability. These effects may i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Oecologia 2007-02, Vol.151 (1), p.42-53
Hauptverfasser:	Frost, Christopher J, Hunter, Mark D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Analysis of Variance Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Anisota senatoria Biological and medical sciences Defoliation Ecological function Ecosystem Ecosystem processes Feces Feces - chemistry Foliage Forest soils Frass Frost damage Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Georgia Growing season Growing seasons Herbivores Infestation Insecta Isotopes Leaching Leaves Mass Spectrometry Nitrogen Nitrogen Isotopes - analysis Nitrogen Isotopes - pharmacokinetics Nitrogen-15 Orgyia leucostigma Plant Animal Interactions Plant Leaves - metabolism Quercus - metabolism Quercus rubra Saplings Soil - analysis Soil ecology Soils Synecology Terrestrial ecosystems
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