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标题：Effects of beaver (Castor canadiensis) on the nutrient dynamics of the Southern Beech forest of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina)
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作者：Marta S. Lizarralde ; Guillermo A. Deferrari ; Sergio E. Alvarez 等
期刊名称：Ecología Austral
印刷版ISSN：1667-782X
电子版ISSN：1667-7838
出版年度：1996
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：101-105
出版社：Asociacion de Ecologia Argentina
摘要：Alterations induced by beaver (Castor canadensis) provide a striking example of how the animals influence forest ecosystems. Beavers modify stream morphology and hydrology by removing trees, building dams and retaining sediment and organic material in the stream channel. We studied the effect of beaver impoundments on nutrient dynamics of the native forest (Nothofagus sp.) of Isla Grande of Tierra del Fuego (Argentina), by comparing sediments and pond waters of beaver altered and unaltered sites (controls) over a 3 year period. Concentration of organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorous, and inorganic nitrogen (nitrate --N and nitrite--N) were significantly greater in sediments of beaver sites. Also nitrites and nitrates were higher in beaver pond waters