Nutrient and moisture transfer to insect consumers and soil during vertebrate decomposition
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Barton, Philip; Strong, Craig; Evans, Maldwyn; Higgins, Andrew; Quaggiotto, Maria-Martina
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Decomposition of organic matter leads to the redistribution of nutrients to organisms and the environment. Yet knowledge of this process has focused largely on plant-derived organic matter, with little known about relative quantities of nutrients and moisture transferred from decomposing animal remains to insect consumers and soil. We used a replicated and spatially blocked experiment to quantify the moisture, carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorous content of rabbit carcasses, maggot consumers, and...[Show more]
Collections | ANU Research Publications |
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Date published: | 2019 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/202557 |
Source: | Food Webs |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.fooweb.2018.e00110 |
Access Rights: | Open Access |
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