Determining the impact of scale insect honeydew, and invasive wasps and rodents, on the decomposer subsystem in a New Zealand beech forest

Biological Invasions

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2619-2638

  Wardle, David A ^a,b   Karl, Brian J ^c   Beggs, Jacqueline R ^d   Yeates, Gregor W ^e,g   Williamson, Wendy M ^f   Bonner, Karen I ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f ESR Christchurch Science Centre   (New Zealand)

^g NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Decomposition; Honeydew; House mouse; Nothofagus; Ship rat; Social wasps; Soil food web

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; HONEYDEW; HUMUS; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREDATOR; RODENT; SECRETION; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL CARBON; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL SURFACE; WASP;

NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FAGUS; FUNGI; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MUS MUSCULUS; NOTHOFAGUS; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; VESPULA;

EID: 77954455884     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-009-9670-6     Document Type: Article

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