Tritrophic interactions in a soil community enhance decomposition rates

Oikos

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 585-591

  Hedlund, Katarina ^a   Öhrn, Maria Sjögren ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FUNGUS; MITE; MYCOPHAGY; SOIL FAUNA; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ACARI; ALTERNARIA ALTERNATA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA FIMETARIA; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM; HYPOASPIDAE; HYPOASPIS ACULEIFER; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 0342545873     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2000.880315.x     Document Type: Article

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