Divergent composition but similar function of soil food webs of individual plants: Plant species and community effects

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3027-3036

  Bezemer, T M ^a,b   Fountain, M T ^c   Barea, J M ^d   Christensen, S ^e   Dekker, S C ^f   Duyts, H ^a   Van Hal, R ^f   Harvey, J A ^a   Hedlund, K ^g   Maraun, M ^h   Mikola, J ⁱ   Mladenov, A G ^j   Robin, C ^k   De Ruiter, P C ^b,f   Scheu, S ^h   Setala H ⁱ   Smilauer P ^l   Van Der Putten, W H ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EAST MALLING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j INSTITUTE OF BIODIVERSITY AND ECOSYSTEM RESEARCH   (Bulgaria)

^k UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

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Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Food web composition; Food web model; Lotus corniculatus; Macrofauna; Mesofauna; Microfauna; Plantago lanceolata; Soil biota

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; DIVERSITY INDEX; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; GRASS; LEGUME; MINERALIZATION; NEMATODE; NITROGEN; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SOIL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FABACEAE; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; NEMATODA; PLANTAGINACEAE; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA;

EID: 77957744523     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2198.1     Document Type: Article

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