Macroinvertebrates in North American tallgrass prairie soils: Effects of fire, mowing, and fertilization on density and biomass

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1079-1093

  Callaham Jr , M A ^a,c   Blair, J M ^a   Todd, T C ^a   Kitchen, D J ^a   Whiles, M R ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cicadidae; Curculionidae; Disturbance; Earthworms; Elateridae; Fertilization; Fertilizer; Fire; Grassland; Insect herbivores; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; SOILS;

SOIL-DWELLING ORGANISMS;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

BIOMASS; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FIRE; INVERTEBRATE; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MOWING; POPULATION DENSITY; PRAIRIE; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

KANSAS; UNITED STATES;

APORRECTODEA; CICADA; CICADETTA; CICADIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; ELATERIDAE; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; OCTOLASION; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SCARABAEIDAE; TIBICEN;

EID: 0043205912     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00153-6     Document Type: Article

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