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The Environmental Impact of Burrowing Animals and Animal Burrows
The Proceeding of a Symposium held at the Zoological Society of London on 3rd and 4th May 1990
AvPeter S. and Azra Meadows,University of Glasgow) Meadows, Peter S. and Azra (Senior Lecturer, Zoology Department, Senior Lecturer, Zoology Department
Inbunden, Engelska, 1992
Del 63 i serien Symposia of the Zoological Society of London
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Beskrivning
This volume examines the impact of burrowing animals on the environment, over a wide range of taxa - ants, beetles, wood-borers, nematodes, fish, rabbits, badgers, rats - paying equal attention to terrestrial and aquatic habitats. Burrowing activities have significant environmental effects, such as increased soil fertility, changes in plant abundance and distribution, increased chemical interchange across the sediment-water interface, and alterations in soil and sediment stability. The scale and importance of animal burrowing are made clearer than ever before by the contributors to this symposium.
