Linking above-ground and below-ground interactions: How plant responses to foliar herbivory influence soil organisms

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1867-1878

  Bardgett, Richard D ^a   Wardle, David A ^b   Yeates, Gregor W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARBON; HERBIVORY; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT RESPONSE; RHIZOSPHERE;

BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HERBIVORY; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 0032401857     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(98)00069-8     Document Type: Review

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