EFFECTS OF MIGRATORY GRAZERS ON SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY OF SOIL NITROGEN PROPERTIES IN A GRASSLAND ECOSYSTEM

By David J. Augustine, D. Frank. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Soil Science

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Defoliation and patchy nutrient return drive grazing effects on plant and soil properties in a dairy cow pasture (2009, background): “Grazers have also been shown to affect microbes and animals that control decomposition of dead organic matter in soil (Holt 1997, Bardgett et al. 2001, Sankaran and Augustine 2004, Patra et al. 2005), with consequences on soil nutrient mineralization (Hassink 1992, Frank and Groffman 1998, Frank et…”
Understanding Ungulate Herbivory–Episodic Disturbance Effects on Vegetation Dynamics: Knowledge Gaps and Management Needs (2006, background): “…et al. 2001 Yes No No Yes Wild No Anderson and Briske 1995 No No No Yes Wild Yes 2 periods Augustine and deCalesta 2003 No No Yes No Wild No Augustine and Frank 2001 No No No Yes Wild No Augustine and Jordan 1998 No No Yes No Wild No Augustine et al. 1998 No No Yes No Wild Yes 3 periods…”
The interaction of plant genotype and herbivory decelerate leaf litter decomposition and alter nutrient dynamics (2005, background): “For example, a recent study by Augustine and Frank (2001) found that grazing herbivores have substantial effects on the distribution of soil N from the individual plant to the landscape scale, via changes in the plant community and plant litter inputs.”
Identifying response groups of soil nitrifiers and denitrifiers to grazing and associated soil environmental drivers in Tibetan alpine meadows (2014, background): “Grazing is a common land use in grasslands that influences plant species diversity, drives community successions, and can stimulate belowground nutrient cycling and energy flows (Milchunas and Lauenroth, 1993; Augustine and Frank, 2001; Altesor et al., 2005).”
Stability of tallgrass prairie during a 19‐year increase in growing season precipitation (2012, background): “The temporal and spatial variability of these drivers generally alters the availability and spatial heterogeneity of limiting resources, such as soil moisture, nitrogen and light (Knapp 1984; Frank & Groffman 1998; Augustine & Frank 2001).”
TROPICAL FISHES AS BIOLOGICAL BULLDOZERS: DENSITY EFFECTS ON RESOURCE HETEROGENEITY AND SPECIES DIVERSITY (2004, background): “…that grazers can act as sources of environmental heterogeneity (e.g., Gelwick and Matthews 1997, Knapp et al. 1999, Gelwick 2000, Adler et al. 2001, Augustine and Frank 2001), relatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between grazer density and spatial heterogeneity of…”
FEEDBACKS BETWEEN SOIL NUTRIENTS AND LARGE HERBIVORES IN A MANAGED SAVANNA ECOSYSTEM (2003, background): “However, empirical studies only recently have begun to address the role that grazers may play in the redistribution of nutrients within landscapes (Pastor et al. 1998, Turner 1998, Augustine and Frank 2001).”
Herbivore-mediated linkages between aboveground and belowground communities (2003, background): “In agricultural and natural ecosystems, waste patches typically only influence a relatively small proportion of the surface area (Augustine and Frank 2001) and, in some cases, the positive effects of animal wastes on soil processes are insufficient to negate other, adverse effects of browsing…”