Contrasting effects of salamanders on forest-floor macro- and mesofauna in laboratory microcosms

Pedobiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-60

  Walton, B Michael ^a   Steckler, Sonya ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Detrital food web; Indirect effects; Litter decomposition; Plethodontidae; Top down control

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; MICROCOSM; PREDATION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ACARI; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODONTIDAE;

EID: 13444302632     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2004.07.012     Document Type: Article

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