Links between the detritivore and the herbivore system: Effects of earthworms and Collembola on plant growth and aphid development

Oecologia

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 541-551

  Scheu, Stefan ^a   Theenhaus, Anne ^b   Jones, T Hefin ^c  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Herbivores; Lumbricidae; Soil fauna; Soil food web; Springtails

Indexed keywords

APHID; EARTHWORM; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY;

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; HETEROMURUS NITIDUS; MYZUS PERSICAE; OCTOLASION TYRTAEUM; OLIGOCHAETA; ONYCHIURUS SCOTARIUS; POA ANNUA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0033026054     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050817     Document Type: Article

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