Season mediates herbivore effects on litter and soil microbial abundance and activity in a semi-arid woodland

Plant and Soil

Volumn 295, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 217-227

  Classen, Aimée T ^a,b   Overby, Steven T ^c   Hart, Stephen C ^a   Koch, George W ^a   Whitham, Thomas G ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c USFS   (United States)

Author keywords

Community level physiological profiles; Enzyme activity; Insect herbivory; Microarthropods; Microbial biomass; Semi arid woodland

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HERBIVORY; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCLIMATE; MOTH; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOLERANCE; TREE; WOODLAND;

DIORYCTRIA ALBOVITTELLA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PINUS EDULIS; TILLANDSIA LINEATISPICA;

EID: 34250656170     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-007-9277-6     Document Type: Article

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