Above- and belowground insect herbivores differentially affect soil nematode communities in species-rich plant communities

Oikos

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 923-930

  De Deyn, Gerlinde B ^a,b   Van Ruijven, Jasper ^c   Raaijmakers, Ciska E ^a   De Ruiter, Peter C ^c   Van Der Putten, Wim H ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIVORY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRASSHOPPER; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEMATODE; PARASITISM; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 34248364327     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2007.15761.x     Document Type: Article

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