Effects of phytophagous insects on soil solution chemistry: Herbivores as switches for the nutrient dynamics in the soil

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-123

  Michalzik, Beate ^a   Stadler, Bernhard ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest floor; Honeydew; Phytophagous insects microorganisms interactions; Substrate induced respiration; Temporal high resolution of C and N dynamics

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0000160037     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00017     Document Type: Article

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