Loss of a dominant nitrogen-fixing shrub in primary succession: Consequences for plant and below ground communities

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1074-1084

  St John, Mark G ^a   Bellingham, Peter J ^a   Walker, Lawrence R ^b   Orwin, Kate H ^c   Bonner, Karen I ^a   Dickie, Ian A ^a   Morse, Chris W ^a   Yeates, Gregor W ^d   Wardle, David A ^e  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences ^*  (New Zealand)

^e SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carmichaelia odorata; Ecosystem engineer; Invasive herbivore; Nitrogen fixer; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Primary succession; Removal experiment; Soil food web; Species loss

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNGUS; HERBIVORE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LEGUME; MAMMAL; NITROGEN FIXATION; PHYTOMASS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SHRUB; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NITROGEN; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SYMBIONT; TROPHIC LEVEL;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 84865335252     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2012.02000.x     Document Type: Article

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