How Does the Engineering Species Affect Forest Ecosystems? Changes in Germination and Development Rate of Non-Forest Species Under the Nests of Ardea cinerea L.
An ecosystem engineer is a species that indirectly changes the availability of resources for other organisms via physical modification of the habitat. A good example of such species is Ardea cinerea L. – a big waterbird that forms colonies up to a few hundreds of nests during the breeding season. Th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020-09-01
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| Series: | Ekológia (Bratislava) |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2020-0019 |