Ecosystem Catalysis: Soil Urease Activity and Grazing in the Serengeti Ecosystem

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dc.contributor.authorMcNaughton, S. J.
dc.contributor.authorZuniga, Gina
dc.contributor.authorMcNaughton, M. M.
dc.contributor.authorBanyikwa, Feetham F.
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-21T13:32:29Z
dc.date.available2016-09-21T13:32:29Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://www.jstor.org/stable/3546619?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contentsen_US
dc.description.abstractThe activity of soil ureases was evaluated in the laboratory in soils from three locations in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, differing in the grazing intensities that the grasslands there support. Urease activity was assayed by the instantaneous release of NH4 as soon as soils drained to field capacity after application of an aqueous urea solution approximating N concentrations in ungulate urine. The appearance of NO3 and SO4 in extracts was used as an index of biological activity and pH changes; neither responded to urea addition. Ammonium appearance in extracts of soils to which water but not urea was applied was low and identical; appearance in extracts where urea had been added was high and differed between sites, increasing with the level of grazer activity at a site. The data document ecologically meaningful levels of soil urease in Serengeti soils and a positive association of those levels with grazing intensity.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMcNaughton, S.J., Zuniga, G., McNaughton, M.M. and Banyikwa, F.F., 1997. Ecosystem catalysis: soil urease activity and grazing in the Serengeti ecosystem. Oikos, pp.467-469.en_US
dc.identifier.issn10.2307/3546619
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/3963
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.titleEcosystem Catalysis: Soil Urease Activity and Grazing in the Serengeti Ecosystemen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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