Herbivore-mediated linkages between aboveground and belowground communities

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2258-2268

  Bardgett, Richard D ^a   Wardle, David A ^b,c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Ecosystem function; Herbivores; Multitrophic interactions; Nutrient mineralization; Plant litter; Root herbivores; Soil biota; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HERBIVORY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0242308319     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0274     Document Type: Review

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