Positive relationship between plant palatability and litter decomposition in meadow plants

Community Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-27

  Palkova K ^a   Leps J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Carbon; Detritus decomposition rate; Grazing; Herbivory; Nitrogen; Slugs; Species traits

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HERBIVORY; LITTER; MEADOW; PALATABILITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DEFENSE; SLUG;

ARION LUSITANICUS; GASTROPODA;

EID: 49249095066     PISSN: 15858553     EISSN: 15882756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/ComEc.9.2008.1.3     Document Type: Article

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