Top-down and bottom-up effects in a Fennoscandian tundra community

The objective of this thesis was to investigate the effects of mammalian grazers, such as microtine rodents and reindeer, (top-down effects) and nutrient availability (bottom- up effects) on the plant community of a tundra heath. I conducted a large-scale fertilization experiment and studied the imp...

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Main Author: Grellmann, Doris
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap 2001
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-96883
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:91-7305-032-6

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