Wild boar and red deer affect soil nutrients and soil biota in steep oak stands of the Eifel

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 693-700

  Mohr, Dirk ^a   Cohnstaedt, Lee W ^b   Topp, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Fencing; Quercus petraea; Red deer; Soil biota; Soil nutrients; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; LEACHING; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; NITROGEN; PH EFFECTS; POTASSIUM; TEXTURES;

DECOMPOSER SYSTEM; DUNGING; GRAZING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; TRAMPLING;

SOILS;

BIOTURBATION; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; FOREST SOIL; GRAZING; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL NUTRIENT;

CARBON; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM; SOIL; TEXTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EIFEL; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; RHENISH SCHIEFERGEBIRGE; RHINELAND-PALATINATE; WORLD;

ARTHROPODA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; SUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 12544253245     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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