How browsing by red deer impacts on litter decomposition in a native regenerating woodland in the Highlands of Scotland

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 393-399

  Harrison, Kathryn A ^a   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Herbivores; Litter; Nutrient cycling; Soil

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; HERBIVORE; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; BETULA PUBESCENS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0242275353     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-003-0667-5     Document Type: Article

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