Resource landscape, microbial activity, and community composition under wintering crane activities in the Demilitarized Zone, South Korea
by Kyungjin Min, Myung-Ae Choi
Endangered cranes migrate to the Demilitarized Zone in Korea in search for habitat and food during winter. While cranes have the potential to influence soil biogeochemical processes via dropping, foraging, and walking, few studies have investigated ecological roles of migrating birds in the new habitat. Here, we explored how cranes alter resource landscape (the amount and quality of carbon) and microbial community in soil. We set up control (fenced, no crane... Читать дальше...
