Long‐term insect herbivory slows soil development in an arid ecosystem

Although herbivores are well known to alter litter inputs and soil nutrient fluxes, their long‐term influences on soil development are largely unknown because of the difficulty of detecting and attributing changes in carbon and nutrient pools against large background levels. The early phase of prima...

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Main Authors: Aimee T. Classen, Samantha K. Chapman, Thomas G. Whitham, Stephen C. Hart, George W. Koch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-05-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1890/ES12-00411.1