Evidence for a positive influence of fungivorous soil invertebrates on the seed bank persistence of grassland species

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 791-800

  Mitschunas, Nadine ^a   Wagner, Markus ^b,c   Filser, Juliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collembola; Fungal attack; Fungivorous soil animals; Grassland species; Plant community assembly; Plant population dynamics; Protaphorura fimata; Saprophytic soil fungi; Seed bank persistence; Seed longevity

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGICIDE; GERMINATION; GRASSLAND; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MORTALITY; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL BIOTA;

ANIMALIA; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA NIGRA; COLLEMBOLA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; ORIGANUM VULGARE; PROTAPHORURA FIMATA; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

EID: 33745251705     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01146.x     Document Type: Article

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