{"id":186,"date":"2016-05-16T14:42:16","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T18:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/?page_id=186"},"modified":"2016-05-16T14:47:44","modified_gmt":"2016-05-16T18:47:44","slug":"animals-and-nutrient-cycling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/projects\/projects-2\/animals-and-nutrient-cycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals and Nutrient Cycling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Lynn Christenson (Biology)<br \/>\nAnimals can have both direct and indirect effects on nutrient cycling: selective browsing on preferred species of vegetation influences plant community composition, and urine and feces also act\u00a0in nutrient cycling. A study in Hubbard Brook looked for sightings of large animals (deer, moose, bear) to see where these animals frequent and how\u00a0that might affect forest ecosystems, trophic structures, and nutrient cycling.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/files\/2015\/09\/hubbard.jpg.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-188\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/files\/2015\/09\/hubbard.jpg-1024x790.png\" alt=\"hubbard.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/files\/2015\/09\/hubbard.jpg-1024x790.png 1024w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/files\/2015\/09\/hubbard.jpg-300x231.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/eri\/files\/2015\/09\/hubbard.jpg.png 1481w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lynn Christenson (Biology) Animals can have both direct and indirect effects on nutrient cycling: selective browsing on preferred species of vegetation influences plant community composition, and urine and feces also act\u00a0in nutrient cycling. 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