Positive indirect effect of tadpoles on a detritivore through nutrient regeneration

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 685-694

  Iwai, Noriko ^a   Kagaya, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Leaf litter; Nutrient release; Ponds; Shredder

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ALGA; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; ISOPOD; LARVA; LEAF LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRIENT LIMITATION;

ALGA; ANIMAL; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FROGS AND TOADS; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; ANNELIDA; ANURA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; PLANT LEAVES; WATER;

ALGAE; ASELLUS HILGENDORFII;

EID: 34250679384     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0682-6     Document Type: Article

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