Insect herbivory, organic matter deposition and effects on belowground organic matter fluxes in a central European oak forest

Plant and Soil

Volumn 342, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 393-403

  le Mellec, Anne ^a   Gerold, Gerhard ^a   Michalzik, Beate ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Insect mass outbreaks; Oak forest; Organic matter fluxes

Indexed keywords

CARBON FLUX; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEFOLIATION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST FLOOR; HERBIVORY; MOTH; NITROGEN CYCLE; ORGANIC MATTER; PEST OUTBREAK; THROUGHFALL; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

GERMANY;

ERANNIS DEFOLIARIA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; OPEROPHTERA BRUMATA; QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 79955011068     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-010-0704-8     Document Type: Article

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