Vertebrate herbivores influence soil nematodes by modifying plant communities

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 828-835

  Veen, G F ^a   Olff, Han ^a   Duyts, Henk ^b   Van Der Putten, Wim H ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Above belowground interactions; Community ecology; Floodplain grassland; Grazing; Nematodes; Soil biota; Structural equation modeling (SEM); The Netherlands; Top down bottom up control; Vertebrate herbivores

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEMATODE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL PROPERTY; TROPHIC CONTROL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEMATODE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RABBIT; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEMATODA; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RABBITS; SOIL;

NETHERLANDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77950410688     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0134.1     Document Type: Article

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