Earthworms as drivers of the competition between grasses and legumes

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2650-2659

  Eisenhauer, Nico ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground below ground interactions; Aphid infestation; Competition; Flowering success; Grassland; Lumbricus terrestris; Nitrogen uptake; Quality of forage; Stable isotopes; The Jena Experiment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

ABOVE-GROUND-BELOW-GROUND INTERACTIONS; APHID INFESTATION; FLOWERING SUCCESS; GRASSLAND; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; NITROGEN UPTAKE; QUALITY OF FORAGE; STABLE ISOTOPES; THE JENA EXPERIMENT;

COMPETITION;

APHID; BIOMASS; DETRITIVORY; EARTHWORM; FLOWERING; FORAGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HARVESTING; HAY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LEGUME; MOWING; NUTRIENT CYCLING; NUTRITION; POLLINATOR; SIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; POACEAE;

EID: 47749104453     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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