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Removal of an apex predator initiates a trophic cascade that extends from herbivores to vegetation and the soil nutrient pool

It is widely assumed that organisms at low trophic levels, particularly microbes and plants, are essential to basic services in ecosystems, such as nutrient cycling. In theory, apex predators' effects on ecosystems could extend to nutrient cycling and the soil nutrient pool by influencing the i...

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Publicado en:Proc Biol Sci
Main Authors: Morris, Timothy, Letnic, Mike
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2017
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5443940/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490624
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2017.0111
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