Sensitivity of ecosystem functioning to changes in trophic structure, functional group composition and species diversity in belowground food webs

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-215

  Setälä, Heikki ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Decomposer food webs; Ecosystem function; Nutrient dynamics; Omnivory

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPLEXITY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0038170286     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00480.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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