Above- and belowground interactions are mediated by nutrient availability

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3072-3081

  Haase, Josephine ^a,c   Brandl, Roland ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^b   Schädler, Martin ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above belowground linkages; Decomposers; Herbivores; Microcosms; Nutrient availability; Plant communities; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; APHID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; HERBIVORE; INSECT; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

APHIDIDAE; CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POA; POA ANNUA; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; SANGUISORBA; SANGUISORBA MINOR; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 51749103400     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1983.1     Document Type: Article

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