Prairie vegetation and soil nutrient responses to ungulate carcasses

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 232-239

  Towne, E Gene ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carrion; Disturbance; Soil nutrients; Succession; Tallgrass prairie

Indexed keywords

CARRION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRAIRIE; SOIL NUTRIENT; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BOS BISON; BOS TAURUS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0033965641     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008851     Document Type: Article

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