Complex responses to invasive grass litter by ground arthropods in a Mediterranean scrub ecosystem

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 697-708

  Wolkovich, Elizabeth Mary ^a,b   Bolger, Douglas T ^a   Holway, David A ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Coastal sage scrub; Detritus; Food web; Habitat structure

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; ARTHROPOD; COASTAL ZONE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; GRASS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LITTER; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SHRUB; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POACEAE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ANYSTIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; FORELIUS MCCOOKI; FORMICIDAE; FUNGI; PHEIDOLE VISTANA;

EID: 70349505750     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1425-7     Document Type: Article

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