Forage nutritive quality in the Serengeti ecosystem: The roles of fire and herbivory

American Naturalist

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 343-357

  Anderson, T Michael ^a   Ritchie, Mark E ^b   Mayemba, Emilian ^c   Eby, Stephanie ^b   Grace, James B ^d   McNaughton, Samuel J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Serengeti Wildlife Research Center   (Tanzania)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Forage element concentration; Herbivory; Leaf nutrients; Plant community composition; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN; SODIUM;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FIRE BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORY; LEAF; NATIONAL PARK; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SAVANNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BOVIDS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIRE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; SOIL; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FIRES; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; RAIN; RUMINANTS; SODIUM; SOIL; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

POACEAE; THEMEDA TRIANDRA;

EID: 34548183533     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520120     Document Type: Article

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