Nutrient cycling efficiency explains the long-term effect of ecosystem engineers on primary production

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-10

  Barot, Sébastien ^a   Ugolini, Alexis ^a   Brikci, Fadia Bekkal ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Ecosystem engineers; Nutrient cycling; Plant growth; Recycling efficiency

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GROWTH RATE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYTOMASS; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 33846246266     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01225.x     Document Type: Article

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