No 'home' versus 'away' effects of decomposition found in a grassland-forest reciprocal litter transplant study

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1482-1489

  St John, Mark G ^a   Orwin, Kate H ^b   Dickie, Ian A ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Decomposition; Food web; Fungi; Home field advantage; Litter; Litterbag; Macrofauna; Microarthropods; Mites

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEBS; HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE; LITTER; LITTERBAGS; MACROFAUNA; MICROARTHROPODS; MITES;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; SOILS; USER INTERFACES;

DECOMPOSITION;

BACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; GRASS; GRASSLAND; LEAF LITTER; MITE; SPECIALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DECAY; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; FUNGI; GRASS LANDS; REFUSE BAGS; TRANSPLANTATION;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 79955953317     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.03.022     Document Type: Article

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