Unexpected indirect effect of spiders on the rate of litter disappearance in a deciduous forest

Pedobiologia

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-157

  Lawrence, Kendra L ^a   Wise, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collembola; Detrital food web; Field experiment; Indirect effects; Litter decomposition; Tomoceridae; Trophic cascade; Wandering spiders

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; PREDATION; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ACER; ARANEAE; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; COLLEMBOLA; CTENIDAE; QUERCUS; TOMOCERIDAE;

EID: 1842634313     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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