Soil and decomposer responses to grazing exclusion are weak in mountain snow-beds

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-212

  Virtanen, Risto ^a   Salminen, Janne ^b   Strömmer, Rauni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b LAB University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arctic alpine environments; Decomposition; Grazing; Soil vegetation grazer interactions; Vegetation changes

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BRYOPHYTE; DECOMPOSITION; DEER; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GRAZING; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE; RODENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL WATER; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; FUNGI; NEMATODA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 40649086131     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2007.10.009     Document Type: Article

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