Wild‐boar disturbance increases nutrient and C stores of geophytes in subalpine grasslands
- 1 September 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in American Journal of Botany
- Vol. 100 (9), 1790-1799
- https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300002
Abstract
• Premise of the study: Wild-boar soil disturbance (i.e., rooting) increases the abundance of some species of geophytes (i.e., plants with underground renewal buds) in upland meadows. However, the mechanisms that could lead to such enhanced prevalence remain unexplored.Keywords
Funding Information
- AXA Research Fund
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