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A stoichiometric perspective of the effect of herbivore dung on ecosystem functioning

Ungulate herbivores play a prominent role in maintaining the tree–grass balance in African savannas. Their top‐down role through selective feeding on either trees or grasses is well studied, but their bottom‐up role through deposition of nutrients in dung and urine has been overlooked. Here, we prop...

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Autores principales: Sitters, Judith, Olde Venterink, Harry
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5773295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29375777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3666