Dune vegetation fertilization by nesting sea turtles

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1053-1058

  Hannan, Laura B ^a   Roth, James D ^a   Ehrhart, Llewellyn M ^a   Weishampel, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allochthonous input; Barrier island ecology; Caretta caretta; Chelonia mydas; Facilitation; Green turtle; Loggerhead; Nitrogen deposition; Nutrient transport; Sea oats; Stable isotopes; Uniola paniculata

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

DUNE; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GRASS; NESTING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL NITROGEN; TURTLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OVIPOSITION; PLANTS; SILICON DIOXIDE; TURTLES;

AVENA; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES; UNIOLA PANICULATA;

EID: 34247394637     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-0629     Document Type: Article

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