Soil and vegetation nutrient response to bison carcasses in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland

Ecological Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 807-813

  Melis, Claudia ^a   Selva, Nuria ^b   Teurlings, Ivonne ^c   Skarpe, Christina ^d   Linnell, John D C ^d   Andersen, Reidar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bison bonasus; Carrion; Decomposition; Disturbance; Nitrogen; Nutrient recycling; Scavengers

Indexed keywords

CARRION; DECOMPOSITION; LIMITING FACTOR; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SCAVENGER; SOIL NUTRIENT; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNGULATE; VEGETATION;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ANIMALIA; BISON; BISON BONASUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 36148957062     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-006-0321-4     Document Type: Article

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