Lateral Diffusion of Nutrients by Mammalian Herbivores in Terrestrial Ecosystems

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Wolf, Adam ^a   Doughty, Christopher E ^b   Malhi, Yadvinder ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CYCLE; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES;

EID: 84881262658     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071352     Document Type: Article

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