Role of litter decomposition for the increased primary production in areas heavily grazed by reindeer: a litterbag experiment

By J. Olofsson, Lauri Oksanen. 2002

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Subfields: Atmospheric Science, Ecology

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In Atmospheric Science

1. J. Olofsson
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1. J. Olofsson
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Citations in the corpus

• Human‐induced changes in large herbivorous mammal density: the consequences for decomposers (2004, unknown): “Positive effects might arise through the promotion of plant species that produce better quality litter (Olofsson and Oksanen 2002), and the return of materials to the soil in the labile forms of dung and urine.”
• Litter quality and nutrient cycling affected by grazing‐induced species replacements along a precipitation gradient (2004, background): “A recent study in a tundra heath showed that reindeer induced the replacement of shrubs by grasses with higher litter quality, decomposition rates, and carbon and nitrogen release from litter (Olofsson and Oksanen 2002).”
• Impact of reindeer grazing on ground‐dwelling Carabidae and Curculionidae assemblages in Lapland (2003, unknown): “These changes in vegetation have led to indirect effects of reindeer on microclimate, soil moisture and temperature, soil respiration, soil nutrients, and fine root biomass (Väre et al. 1996, Stark et al. 2000, Olofsson and Oksanen 2002).”
• Importance of large and small mammalian herbivores for the plant community structure in the forest tundra ecotone (2004, background): “(Bazely and Jefferies 1985, 1989, Olofsson et al. 2001, 2004, Olofsson and Oksanen 2002 ) or decrease (Stark and Grellmann 2002) nutrient availability for plants.”
• Grazing history effects on above- and below-ground litter decomposition and nutrient cycling in two co-occurring grasses (2008, background): “…grazers have been found to enhance soil nitrogen availability and litter breakdown (Shariff et al. 1994; McNaughton et al. 1997; Tracy and Frank 1998; Olofsson and Oksanen 2002), with concomitant shifts in functional composition of the soil biota (Bardgett et al. 2001; Grayston et al. 2004).”
• Recovery of plant species composition and ecosystem function after cessation of grazing in a Mediterranean grassland (2010, background): “…systems grazing may actually increase plant biomass production in plant communities where regrowth potential is high (Noy-Meir and Briske 1996; Olofsson and Oksanen 2002), as in perennial grasslands (Jacobs and Schloeder 2003; Loeser et al. 2004), or in plant communities with a long…”
• Reindeer influence on ecosystem processes in the tundra (2004, background): “The shift in vegetation into more decomposable plant species may be an important mechanism underlying enhanced soil nutrient cycling rate (Olofsson and Oksanen 2002).”