Experimental tests of effects of plant productivity and diversity on grassland arthropod diversity

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2057-2070

  Siemann, Evan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Bottom up; Composition; Direct vs. indirect effects; Diversity; Grasslands; Heterogeneity; Minnesota; Productivity; Resources; S pecies richness; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; GRASSLAND; INVERTEBRATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRODUCTIVITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

CEDAR CREEK; MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POACEAE;

EID: 0031670872     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2057:ETOEOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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