Plant species richness drives the density and diversity of Collembola in temperate grassland

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 195-202

  Sabais, Alexander C W ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^b   Eisenhauer, Nico ^b  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity loss; Biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationship; Collembola; Decomposers; Grassland; Plant functional group identity; Seasonal variation; Soil feedbacks; The Jena experiment

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GLOBAL CHANGE; GRASS; GRASSLAND; INSECT; LEGUME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCLIMATE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALIA; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOTOMIDAE; POACEAE;

EID: 79953748329     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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