Bottom-up control of the soil macrofauna community in a beechwood on limestone: Manipulation of food resources

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1573-1585

  Scheu, Stefan ^a,b   Schaefer, Matthias ^a  

^a Abteilung Okologie   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom up forces; Chilopoda; Decomposer community; Diplopoda; Fagus sylvatica; Glucose; Isopoda; Lumbricidae; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus

Indexed keywords

FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 0031875759     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1573:BUCOTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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