Plant diversity enhances the reliability of belowground processes

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2102-2110

  Milcu, Alexandru ^a   Thebault, Elisa ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^b   Eisenhauer, Nico ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above belowground interactions; Collembola; Earthworms; Ecosystem functioning; Functional group diversity; Species richness; Stability; Variability

Indexed keywords

ABOVE-BELOWGROUND INTERACTIONS; COLLEMBOLA; EARTHWORMS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING; SPECIES RICHNESS; VARIABILITY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PRODUCTIVITY;

RELIABILITY THEORY;

BELOWGROUND PRODUCTION; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 78650189901     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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