Grizzly bear digging: Effects on subalpine meadow plants in relation to mineral nitrogen availability

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2219-2228

  Tardiff, Sandra E ^a   Stanford, Jack A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Digging; Disturbance; Erythronium grandiflorum; Glacier lily; Glacier National Park; Grizzly bear; Nitrogen; Patch dynamics; Plant animal interaction; Positive interaction; Subalpine; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

GLACIER NATIONAL PARK; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

ERYTHRONIUM GRANDIFLORUM; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 0031691865     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2219:GBDEOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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