Herbivore effects on above- and belowground plant production and soil nitrogen availability in the Trans-Himalayan shrub-steppes

Large mammalian herbivores may have positive, neutral, or negative effects on annual net aboveground plant production (NAP) in different ecosystems, depending on their indirect effects on availability of key nutrients such as soil N. In comparison, less is known about the corresponding influence of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Oecologia 2010-12, Vol.164 (4), p.1075-1082
Hauptverfasser:	Bagchi, Sumanta, Ritchie, Mark E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Akaike information criteria Analysis Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Animals Attitude Biological and medical sciences Biomass Biomedical and Life Sciences Data processing Ecology Ecosystem ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY - ORIGINAL PAPER Ecosystem function Ecosystems Feedback Feeding Behavior - physiology Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects grasslands Grazing Grazing intensity Herbivores Hydrology/Water Resources India Life Sciences Limiting resource Litter Livestock Livestock - physiology Microbial activity Mineralization Nepal Nitrogen Nitrogen - metabolism Nutrient availability Nutrient dynamics Nutrients Plant communities Plant Development Plant ecology Plant production Plant Sciences Plant species Plants Plants - metabolism Prairie soils Rangeland soils Roots Seasons Shoots Soil - chemistry Soil ecology Soil microbiology Soil nutrients Soils Steppes Tibet
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