Linking aphid honeydew, throughfall, and forest floor solution chemistry of Norway spruce

Ecology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-16

  Stadler, Bernhard ^a   Michalzik, Beate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aphid honeydew; Cinarids; Ecosystem processes; Forest floor leachates; Spatial variability; Throughfall chemistry

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0342984786     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.1998.00006.x     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Brock, T.D. & Madigan, M.T. (1991). Biology of Microorganisms. 6th edn. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
2. Coleman, D.C., Reid, C.P.P. & Cole, C.V. (1983). Biological strategies of nutrient cycling in soil systems. Adv. Ecol. Res., 13, 1-55.
3. Dighton, J. (1978). Effects of synthetic lime aphid honeydew on populations of soil organisms. Soil Biol. Biochem., 10, 369-376.
4. Grier, C. & Vogt, D.J. (1990). Effects of aphid honeydew on soil nitrogen availability and net primary production in an Alnus rubra plantation in western Washington. Oikos, 57, 114-118.
5. Huntly, N. (1991). Herbivores and the dynamics of communities and ecosystems. Annu. Rev. Ecol. Syst, 22, 477-503.
6. Kidd, N.A.C. (1990). The population dynamics of the large pine aphid Cinara pinea (Mordv.) I. Simulation of laboratory populations. Res. Pop. Ecol., 32, 189-208.
7. Levin, S. (1992). The problem of pattern and scale in ecology. Ecology, 73, 1943-1967.
8. Manderscheid, B. & Göttlein, A. (1995). Wassereinzugsgebiet Lehstenbach das Bitök Untersuchungsgebiet am Waldstein (Fichtelgebirge, NO-Bayem). Bayreuther Forum Ökologie, 18, l-86.
9. Manderscheid, B. & Matzner, E. (1995). Spatial and temporal variation of soil solution chemistry and ion fluxes through the soil in a mature Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stand. Biogeochemistry, 30, 99-114.
10. Maurizio, A. (1985). Honigtau-Honigtauhonig. In Waldtracht und Waldhonig in der Imkerei. eds Kloft W. J., Maurizio A. & Kunkel H., pp. 268-295. Munich: Ehrenwirth.
11. Remmert, H. (1991). The Mosaic-Cycle Concept of Ecosystems. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
12. Scheurer, S. (1964). Zur Biologie einiger Fichten bewohnender Lachnidenarten (Homoptera, Aphidina). Z Angewandte Entomologie, 53, 153-178.
13. Seiler, J. & Matzner, E. (1995). Spatial variability of throughfall chemistry and selected soil properties as influenced by stem distance in a mature Norway spruce (Picea abies, Karst.) stand. Plant Soil, 176, 139-147.
14. Stadler, B., Michalzik, B. & Müller, T. (1998). Linking aphid ecology and ecosystem processes: the effect of spatial and temporal variability in aphid abundance on nutrient fluxes in a coniferous forest. Ecology, in press.
15. Stadler, B. & Müller, T. (1996). Aphid honeydew and its effect on the phyllosphere microflora of Picea abies (L.) Karst. Oecologia, 108, 771-776.
16. Wu, J. & Loucks, O.L. (1995). From balance of nature to hierarchical patch dynamics: a paradigm shift in ecology. Q. Rev. Biol., 70, 439-466.
17. Zoebelein, G. (1954). Versuche zur Feststellung des Honigtauertrages von Fichtenbeständen mit Hilfe von Waldameisen. Z Angewandte Entomologie, 36, 358-362.