Do nutrients and invertebrate herbivory interact in an artificial plant community?

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 550-559

  Schädler, Martin ^a   Rottstock, Tanja ^a   Brandl, Roland ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Invertebrate herbivory; Microcosms; Nutrient availability; Plant diversity; Plant functional groups; Productivity; Top down

Indexed keywords

CEPAEA HORTENSIS; CHORTHIPPUS PARALLELUS; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POACEAE;

EID: 47049131802     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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