The resource coupling role of animal foraging pits in semi-arid woodlands

Ecohydrology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 623-630

  Eldridge, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cryptogamic crust; Echidna; Foraging pits; Hydrochory; Resource coupling; Runoff; Seed dispersal; Soil erosion; Tachyglossus

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGAMIC CRUST; ECHIDNA; FORAGING PITS; HYDROCHORY; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL EROSION; TACHYGLOSSUS;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; EROSION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEED; SOILS;

WATER RESOURCES;

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; OVERLAND FLOW; RAINFALL; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEED DISPERSAL; SOIL EROSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

ANIMALIA; DODONAEA VISCOSA; TACHYGLOSSIDAE; TACHYGLOSSUS; TACHYGLOSSUS ACULEATUS;

EID: 80053053873     PISSN: 19360584     EISSN: 19360592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eco.145     Document Type: Article

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