The response of a three trophic level soil food web to the identity and diversity of plant species and functional groups

Oikos

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-56

  Wardle, David A ^a,b   Yeates, Gregor W ^c   Williamson, Wendy ^a   Bonner, Karen I ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; NEMATODA; POACEAE;

EID: 0038000702     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.12481.x     Document Type: Article

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