Snail and millipede complementarity in decomposing Mediterranean forest leaf litter mixtures

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 937-946

  de Oliveira, Tatiana ^a   Hättenschwiler, Stephan ^a   Handa, Ira Tanya ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diplopod; Gastropod; Litter consumption; Non Additive effects; Synergy

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEAF LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SNAIL; SUBSTRATE; SYNERGISM;

ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; ANIMALIA; DIPLOPODA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS ANGUSTIFOLIA; GASTROPODA; GLOMERIS MARGINATA; ILEX; PISTACIA TEREBINTHUS; PISTACIA VERA; POMATIAS ELEGANS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 78650387012     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01694.x     Document Type: Article

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