Effects of migratory grazers on spatial heterogeneity of soil nitrogen properties in a grassland ecosystem

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3149-3162

  Augustine, D J ^a   Frank, D A ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Geostatistics; Grassland; Herbivory; Heterogeneity; Nitrogen; Ungulates; Yellowstone National Park, USA

Indexed keywords

GEOSTATISTICS; GRASSLAND SOIL; HERBIVORY; HETEROGENEITY; NITROGEN CYCLE; SOIL NITROGEN; UNGULATE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

UNGULATA;

EID: 0035662214     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[3149:EOMGOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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