Pikas (Ochotona princeps: Lagomorpha) as allogenic engineers in an alpine ecosystem

Oecologia

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 405-409

  Aho, Ken ^a   Huntly, Nancy ^a   Moen, Jon ^b   Oksanen, Tarja ^b  

^a IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Herbivory; Indirect effects; Nitrogen; Positive feedbacks; Soils

Indexed keywords

CACHE; PIKA; SOIL NUTRIENT;

USA, WYOMING;

OCHOTONA PRINCEPS; OXYRIA DIGYNA; POLEMONIUM VISCOSUM;

EID: 0031955771     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050463     Document Type: Article

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