The influence of a neotropical herbivore (Lamponius portoricensis) on nutrient cycling and soil processes

Oecologia

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 423-431

  Fonte, S J ^a,b   Schowalter, T D ^a,c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Herbivory; Insects; Piper glabrescens; Puerto Rico

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

DECOMPOSITION; FOREST FLOOR; HERBIVORY; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RAINFOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; METABOLISM; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIPERACEAE; PLANT LEAF; PUERTO RICO; SOIL; TREE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PIPER; PLANT LEAVES; PUERTO RICO; SOIL; TREES; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LAMPONIUS; PIPER GLABRESCENS; PIPERACEAE;

EID: 27544478127     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0203-4     Document Type: Article

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