Introduced slugs and indigenous caterpillars as facilitators of carbon and nutrient mineralisation on a sub-Antarctic island

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 709-713

  Smith, V R ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Alien biota; C:N ratio; Carbon mineralisation; Litter respiration; Microcosm; Moth larva; Nutrient cycling; Nutrient mineralisation; Slug; Soil fauna; Soil macroinvertebrate; Sub Antarctic

Indexed keywords

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SOILS;

ALIEN BIOTA; CARBON MINERALIZATION; LITTER RESPIRATION; MOTH LARVA; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT MINERALIZATION; SLUG; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MACROINVERTEBRATE; SUB-ANTARCTIC;

MICROORGANISMS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CARBON; CATERPILLAR; INTRODUCED SPECIES; ISLAND; LITTER; MICROCOSM; MOTH; NATIVE SPECIES; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SLUG; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL NUTRIENT; SUBANTARCTIC REGION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MARION ISLAND; PRINCE EDWARD ISLANDS;

DEROCERAS PANORMITANUM; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33751428144     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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