Canopy herbivory altering C to N ratios and soil input patterns of different organic matter fractions in a Scots pine forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 255-262

  le Mellec, Anne ^a   Habermann, Michael ^b   Michalzik, Beate ^c  

^a BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^b Department B Forest protection   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

C N ratio; Insect faeces; Pine lapper infestation; Pine needles; Scots pine; Throughfall fluxes

Indexed keywords

BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; ENERGY FLOW; FECES; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; INSECT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

DENDROLIMUS PINI; HEXAPODA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 71249118679     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-9976-2     Document Type: Article

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