Linking aboveground and belowground communities: The indirect influence of aphid species identity and diversity on a three trophic level soil food web

Oikos

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 283-294

  Wardle, D A ^a,b   Yeates, G W ^c   Williamson, W M ^a   Bonner, K I ^a   Barker, G M ^d  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHID; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SOIL FAUNA; TROPHIC LEVEL;

APHIDIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEMIPTERA; NEMATODA;

EID: 5144221261     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13523.x     Document Type: Article

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