Burrow building in seabird colonies: A soil-forming process in island ecosystems

Pedobiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-165

  Bancroft, Wesley J ^a   Garkaklis, Mark J ^b,c   Roberts, J Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Crop Variety Testing Group   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biopedturbation; Ecosystem engineering; Physical soil properties; Seabird; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; BURROWING; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEABIRD; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ANIMALIA; CICONIIFORMES; PUFFINUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 14944339723     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2004.10.002     Document Type: Article

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