Effects of simulated grazing in ungrazed wet sedge tundra in the high arctic

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 198-206

  Elliott, Tammy L ^a,b   Henry, Gregory H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; CLIPPING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORAGE; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; LITTER; MEADOW; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SEDGE; SHOOT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TEMPERATURE; TUNDRA;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 79955999353     PISSN: 15230430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1657/1938-4246-43.2.198     Document Type: Article

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