Multitrophic effects of nutrient addition in upland grassland

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 283-292

  Fountain, M T ^a,b   Brown, V K ^b   Gange, A C ^c   Symondson, W O C ^d   Murray, P J ^e  

^a EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Collembola; Community structure; Lime; Nitrogen; Spiders

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM OXIDE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; OXIDE;

BIODIVERSITY; DETRITIVORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; JUVENILE; LIME; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; PITFALL TRAP; PREDATOR; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPIDER; TROPHIC CASCADE; UPLAND REGION;

ANIMAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPIDER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ECOSYSTEM; FERTILIZERS; GREAT BRITAIN; NITROGEN; OXIDES; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOTOMIDAE; LINYPHIIDAE; OEDOTHORAX RETUSUS; PARISOTOMA;

EID: 43749123838     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000748530700555X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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