The soil food web of two beech forests (Fagus sylvatica) of contrasting humus type: Stable isotope analysis of a macro- and a mesofauna-dominated community

Oecologia

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 285-296

  Scheu, Stefan ^a   Falca, Marin ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

Author keywords

15N; Detritivores; Predators; Soil fauna; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FOREST SOIL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; SOIL ECOSYSTEM;

GERMANY;

ACARI; ARANEAE; CHILOPODA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPLOPODA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; FAGUS SYLVATICA; GAMASINA; ISOPODA; LUMBRICIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; ORIBATIDA; SOREX; STAPHYLINIDAE;

EID: 0034025216     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420051015     Document Type: Article

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