Nutrient deposition on Arctic fox dens creates atypical tundra plant assemblages at the edge of the Arctic ...
Questions: In most ecosystems, some organisms can be considered ecosystem engineers because they modify their physical environment in a way that can affect many other organisms. Nutrient deposition may be extremely important as an ecosystem engineering activity in nutrient-limited environments, but...
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ftdatacite:10.5061/dryad.8sf7m0ch7 2024-01-28T10:02:42+01:00 Nutrient deposition on Arctic fox dens creates atypical tundra plant assemblages at the edge of the Arctic ... Markham, John Fafard, Paul Roth, Jim 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8sf7m0ch7 https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.8sf7m0ch7 en eng Dryad https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12828 Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode cc0-1.0 Dataset dataset 2019 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.8sf7m0ch710.1111/jvs.12828 2024-01-04T15:12:18Z Questions: In most ecosystems, some organisms can be considered ecosystem engineers because they modify their physical environment in a way that can affect many other organisms. Nutrient deposition may be extremely important as an ecosystem engineering activity in nutrient-limited environments, but this mechanism remains understudied. In low-Arctic tundra, a region characterized by continuous permafrost, low-nutrient soils, and slow nutrient turnover, Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) concentrate nutrients on their dens through fecal deposition and feeding their young. This nutrient concentration enhances productivity in patches on the landscape, likely creating a unique habitat for a variety of plants, and could have cascading effects on the distribution and diversity of vegetation on the tundra. Location: Low-Arctic tundra in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada Methods: We quantified differences in vegetation composition between 20 fox dens and adjacent control sites. Results: Plant growth form differed ... Dataset Arctic Fox Arctic permafrost Tundra Vulpes lagopus Wapusk national park DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Arctic Canada |
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Questions: In most ecosystems, some organisms can be considered ecosystem engineers because they modify their physical environment in a way that can affect many other organisms. Nutrient deposition may be extremely important as an ecosystem engineering activity in nutrient-limited environments, but this mechanism remains understudied. In low-Arctic tundra, a region characterized by continuous permafrost, low-nutrient soils, and slow nutrient turnover, Arctic foxes (Vulpes lagopus) concentrate nutrients on their dens through fecal deposition and feeding their young. This nutrient concentration enhances productivity in patches on the landscape, likely creating a unique habitat for a variety of plants, and could have cascading effects on the distribution and diversity of vegetation on the tundra. Location: Low-Arctic tundra in Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada Methods: We quantified differences in vegetation composition between 20 fox dens and adjacent control sites. Results: Plant growth form differed ... |
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Nutrient deposition on Arctic fox dens creates atypical tundra plant assemblages at the edge of the Arctic ... |
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