Soil food web components affect plant community structure during early succession

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 217-227

  Gange, Alan C ^a   Brown, Valerie K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Food web; Insect; Plant community; Root herbivory

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; SUCCESSION; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038377362     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00481.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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