Mammalian herbivores in Australia transport nutrients from terrestrial to marine ecosystems via mangroves

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 179-188

  Reef, Ruth ^a   Feller, Ilka C ^b   Lovelock, Catherine E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

elemental composition; Flying fox; Kangaroos; Macropus spp; Nutrient subsidy; Pteropus sp; Roost; Stable isotopes; Tree growth; Vector

Indexed keywords

BAT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MANGROVE; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARSUPIAL; MOVEMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; ROOST SITE; STABLE ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; LIZARD ISLAND; QUEENSLAND; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANIMALIA; MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS; MAMMALIA; PTEROPODIDAE; PTEROPUS; PTEROPUS VAMPYRUS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SPINIFEX; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84899472997     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467414000054     Document Type: Article

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