How disturbance by fossorial mammals alters N cycling in a California annual grassland

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 875-881

  Canals, Rosa M ^a,b   Herman, Donald J ^a   Firestone, Mary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disturbances, biotic; Fossorial mammals; Gophers; Grasslands, California (USA) annual; Nitrogen dynamics; Soil microbial activity; Soil nitrogen cycle

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GRASSLAND SOIL; MAMMAL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN CYCLE; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SOIL NITROGEN;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0041313855     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[0875:HDBFMA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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