Incorporation of plant carbon into the soil animal food web of an arable system

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 235-245

  Albers, Derk ^a   Schaefer, Matthias ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Arable system; Carbon flux; Maize; Rye; Secale cereale; Soil food web; Zea maize

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; CARBON; CARBON FLUX; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; MAIZE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAIZE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; RYE; SOIL; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT ROOTS; SECALE CEREALE; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; ZEA MAYS;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; SECALE CEREALE; ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 33644847037     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1728     Document Type: Article

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