Linkages between below and aboveground communities: Decomposer responses to simulated tree species loss are largely additive

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1155-1163

  Ball, Becky A ^a   Bradford, Mark A ^a,b   Coleman, Dave C ^a   Hunter, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Decomposer community; Decomposition; Ecosystem function; Litter mixtures; Soil biota; Species composition; Species diversity; Tree species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; MIXING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

DECOMPOSER COMMUNITIES; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TREE SPECIES;

FOOD ADDITIVES;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TURNOVER;

ADDITIVES; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHAINS; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; LIRIODENDRON; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TREES;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; NEMATODA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM; TYLENCHIDAE;

EID: 67349235036     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.02.025     Document Type: Article

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