Does plant growth phase determine the response of plants and soil organisms to defoliation?

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 433-443

  Ilmarinen, Katja ^a   Mikola, Juha ^a   Nieminen, Mervi ^a   Vestberg, Mauritz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aboveground belowground interactions; Clipping; Herbivory; Nematodes; Plant age; Plant biomass allocation; Root quality; Soil food web

Indexed keywords

DEFOLIATION; MICROCOSMS; PLANT GROWTH; SOIL ORGANISMS;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; SOILS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CLIPPING; DEFOLIATION; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY;

ACROBELOIDES; ANIMALIA; CHILOPLACUS; COSLENCHUS; EUCEPHALOBUS; LANCEOLATA; NEMATODA; PHLEUM PRATENSE; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; PLECTUS; PROTORHABDITIS; ROTYLENCHUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 11144269636     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.07.034     Document Type: Article

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