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Leaf‐cutting ants as ecosystem engineers: topsoil and litter perturbations around Atta cephalotes nests reduce nutrient availability |
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| Authors: | SEBASTIAN T. MEYER MEIKE NEUBAUER EMMA J. SAYER INARA R. LEAL MARCELO TABARELLI RAINER WIRTH | |
| Affiliation: | 1. Plant Ecology and Systematics, University of Kaiserslautern, , Kaiserslautern, Germany;2. Department of Environment, Earth and Ecosystems, The Open University, , Milton Keynes, U.K.;3. Departamento de Botanica, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, , Recife, Brazil | |
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| Keywords: | Attini Atlantic Forest Brazil herbivory leaf litter nest effects nest soil nutrient dynamics | |