Impact of above- and below-ground invertebrates on temporal and spatial stability of grassland of different diversity

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 572-582

  Eisenhauer, Nico ^a   Milcu, Alexandru ^b   Allan, Eric ^c   Nitschke, Norma ^c   Scherber, Christoph ^a   Temperton, Vicky ^d   Weigelt, Alexandra ^e   Weisser, Wolfgang W ^c   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above and below ground interrelationships; Biodiversity loss; Biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationship; Earthworms; Herbivore insects; Jena Experiment; Plant soil (below ground) interactions; Variability

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORE; INSECT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TROPHIC INTERACTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; POACEAE;

EID: 79951566517     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01783.x     Document Type: Article

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