Long-term burning interacts with herbivory to slow decomposition

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1188-1194

  Kay, Adam D ^a   Mankowski, Josh ^a   Hobbie, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Afterlife effects; Aphid herbivory; Corythuca arcuata; Decomposition; Fire; Hoplochaithropsus quercicola; Lace bug herbivory; Lignin; Nitrogen cycling; Oak savanna; Phenolics; Quercus macrocarpa

Indexed keywords

BURNING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECIDUOUS TREE; HERBIVORY; LIGNIN; LITTER; NUTRIENT CYCLING; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

APHIDIDAE; CORYTHUCHA; HEXAPODA; QUERCUS MACROCARPA; TINGIDAE;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIRE; HETEROPTERA; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FIRES; HETEROPTERA; QUERCUS;

EID: 46749143802     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1622.1     Document Type: Article

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