Bottom-up limitation of predaceous arthropods in a detritus-based terrestrial food web

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 761-772

  Chen, Benrong ^a   Wise, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up limitation; Collembola; Detrital food web; Detritivores; Forest floor; Fungivores; Fungus gnats; Predaceous arthropods; Schizocosa; Spiders; Terrestrial arthropod community

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB;

ACARINA; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; CHILOPODA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; MYCETOPHILIDAE; PSEUDOSCORPIONIDA; SCIARIDAE;

EID: 0032950996     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0761:BULOPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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