Introduced ungulate herbivore alters soil processes after fire

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 313-324

  Stritar, Michelle L ^a   Schweitzer, Jennifer A ^b   Hart, Stephen C ^c   Bailey, Joseph K ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen; Decelerated nutrient cycles; Elk; Fire; Introduced herbivores; Populus

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSEQUENCE; DECIDUOUS TREE; HERBIVORY; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PHYTOMASS; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; UNGULATE; WILDFIRE;

MAMMALIA; POPULUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 77952740924     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9624-z     Document Type: Article

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