Urban belowground food-web responses to plant community manipulation – Impacts on nutrient dynamics

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Vauramo, Saara ^a   Setälä, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecosystem service; Energy channel; Nutrient dynamics; Plant species diversity; Urban soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEMS; LEACHING; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION; URBAN GROWTH;

CALLUNA; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; ENERGY CHANNELS; FOOD WEBS; INORGANIC NITROGEN; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY; URBAN SOILS;

SOILS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77951526087     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2010.04.004     Document Type: Article

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