Population- and ecosystem-level effects of predation on microbial-feeding nematodes

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 279-286

  Laakso, Jouni ^a   Setälä, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Detrital food web; Energy channels; Mesostigmatid mites; Microbivorous nematodes; Nutrient cycling

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PREDATION;

BETULA PENDULA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0344131996     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050859     Document Type: Article

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