Plants and generalist predators as links between the below-ground and above-ground system

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-13

  Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Decomposer system; Food web; Herbivore system; Herbivores; Indirect interactions; Pest control; Soil fauna; Trophic cascades

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0035057835     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00031     Document Type: Article

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