Response of soil invertebrates to forest canopy inputs along a productivity gradient

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 127-139

  Reynolds, Barbara C ^a   Crossley Jr , D A ^b   Hunter, Mark D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Canopy herbivores; Elevation gradient; Frass; Litter decomposition; Microarthropods; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST SOIL; HERBIVORY; LITTER; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MOISTURE;

COWEETA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ACER RUBRUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; MESOSTIGMATA; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA; PROSTIGMATA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0037248538     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00176     Document Type: Article

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