Impacts of herbivorous insects on decomposer communities during the early stages of primary succession in a semi-arid woodland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 972-982

  Classen, Aimée T ^a,b,c   DeMarco, Jennie ^a   Hart, Stephen C ^a,b   Whitham, Thomas G ^a,b   Cobb, Neil S ^b   Koch, George W ^a,b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Merriam Powell Center for Environmental Research   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community level physiological profiles; Enzyme activity; Insect herbivory; Insect susceptible and resistant trees; Litter microarthropods; Microbial biomass; Pi on juniper woodlands; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME KINETICS; FORESTRY; SOIL MECHANICS; WOOD;

COMMUNITY-LEVEL PHYSIOLOGICAL PROFILES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INSECT-SUSCEPTIBLE AND RESISTANT TREES; LITTER MICROARTHROPODS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; PIÑON-JUNIPER WOODLANDS; SEMI-ARID;

INSECT CONTROL;

HERBIVORE; INSECT; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL NUTRIENT; WOODLAND;

BIOMASS; ENZYMES; FORESTRY; INSECT CONTROL; SOIL MECHANICS; WOOD;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; JUNIPERUS; MATSUCOCCUS ACALYPTUS; ORIBATIDA; PINUS EDULIS; PROSTIGMATA; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 33646076219     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.08.009     Document Type: Article

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