Effects of endemic densities of canopy herbivores on nutrient dynamics along a gradient in elevation in the southern Appalachians

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 231-244

  Hunter, Mark D ^a   Linnen, Catherine R ^a,b   Reynolds, Barbara C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy herbivores; Defoliation; Forest ecosystems; Frass; Insect populations; Nitrogen dynamics; Nutrient availability; Soil processes; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

ELEVATION; FOREST SOIL; HERBIVORE; INSECT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; INSECTA;

EID: 0037593315     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00187     Document Type: Article

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