Effects of fine-scale simulation of deer browsing on soil micro-foodweb structure and N mineralization rate in a temperate forest

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 699-708

  Niwa, Shigeru ^a   Kaneko, Nobuhiro ^a   Okada, Hiroaki ^b   Sakamoto, Kazunori ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Browser mammal; Defoliation intensity; Micro foodweb; N mineralization; Nematode community structure; PLFA analysis; Sasa nipponica; Sika deer

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GROWTH KINETICS; MAMMALS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BROWSER MAMMALS; DEFOLIATION INTENSITY; NEMATODE COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; SASA NIPPONICA; SIKA DEER; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

SOILS;

BROWSING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DEER; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NEMATODE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON; MAMMALIA; NEMATODA; PLECTIDAE; PROTOZOA; SASA; SASA NIPPONICA;

EID: 37449024687     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.10.004     Document Type: Article

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