Effects of phytophagous insects on micro-organisms and throughfall chemistry in forested ecosystems: Herbivores as switches for the nutrient dynamics in the canopy

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-116

  Stadler, Bernhard ^a   Michalzik, Beate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecosystem processes; Forest canopies; Herbivore micro organism interactions; Herbivores; Nutrient cycles

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PICEA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0012626414     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00016     Document Type: Article

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