The effects of long-term nitrogen loading grassland insect communities

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-84

  Haddad, Nick M ^a,b   Haarstad, John ^a   Tilman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Diversity; Insect communities; Nitrogen loading; Productivity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUTROPHICATION; GRASSLAND; INSECT; NITROGEN; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0033854605     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050026     Document Type: Article

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