Invasive grass alters litter decomposition by influencing macrodetritivores

Ecosystems

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 200-209

  Mayer, P M ^a   Tunnell, S J ^b,c   Engle, D M ^b   Jorgensen, E E ^a   Nunn, P ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aster ericoides; Decomposition; Ecosystem function; Endophyte; Festuca arundinacea; Invasion; Macrodetritivore

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; LITTER; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; SCHEDONORUS ARUNDINACEUS; SYMPHYOTRICHUM ERICOIDES ERICOIDES;

EID: 23844463491     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-004-0018-x     Document Type: Article

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