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SUBMITTER: Valdes-Correcher E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6450897 | biostudies-other | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Scientific reports 20190405 1
Nutrient availability is important for plant community composition and diversity, but most studies focus on inorganic nutrients. Far less is known about the impact of nutrients in organic forms such as herbivore dung. Here we show that dung of 11 European herbivore species varies widely in nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) concentrations, as well as in C:N:P ratios. We demonstrate that variation in dung quality of five herbivore species influences the diversity and composition of a mesocosm plant ...[more]