Impacts of Seabirds on Plant and Soil Properties

Seabird Islands: Ecology, Invasion, and Restoration

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mulder, Christa P H ^a   Jones, Holly P ^b   Kameda, Kayoko ^c   Palmborg, Cecilia ^d   Schmidt, Susanne ^e   Ellis, Julie C ^f   Orrock, John L ^g   Alexander Wait, D ^h   Wardle, David A ^d   Yang, Louie H ⁱ   Young, Hillary ^j   Croll, Donald A ^b   Vidal, Eric ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAKE BIWA MUSEUM   (Japan)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^j STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

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Author keywords

Community composition; Guano; Island soil; J. C. Ellis; Plant biomass; Plant chemistry; Seabird; Seabird densities; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863199082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199735693.003.0005     Document Type: Chapter

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