Effects of defoliation intensity on soil food-web properties in an experimental grassland community

Oikos

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 333-343

  Mikola, Juha ^a,b   Yeates, Gregor W ^c   Barker, Gary M ^d   Wardle, David A ^a   Bonner, Karen I ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEFOLIATION; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND SOIL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO;

LOLIUM PERENNE; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0035108082     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.920216.x     Document Type: Article

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