Predators accelerate nutrient cycling in a bromeliad ecosystem

Science

Volumn 314, Issue 5801, 2006, Pages 963-

  Ngai, Jacqueline T ^a   Srivastava, Diane S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECT CONTROL; NITROGEN; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY);

BROMELIADS; INSECTS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PREDATORS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DAMSELFLY; NITROGEN CYCLE; PLANT; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ARTICLE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM; FORAGING; INSECT; LARVA; LEAF LITTER; LIFESPAN; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT CYCLE; PLANT LEAF; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BROMELIACEAE; CHIRONOMIDAE; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

HEXAPODA; ZYGOPTERA;

EID: 33750981234     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1132598     Document Type: Article

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10. We thank R. Conner, A. Pelletier, M. Rios, and E. Umaña Canales for field assistance; the Área de Conservación Guanacaste, C. Moraga Medina, P. Rios Castro, R. Blanco, and M. Chavarría for logistical support; B. Gilbert, K. Kirby, and B. Starzomski for comments on the manuscript and help in the field; and L. Harmon, D. Irwin, J. Shurin, M. Vellend, K. Venter, and two anonymous reviewers for comments on earlier drafts. Funding was provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada).