Species richness and trophic diversity increase decomposition in a co-evolved food web

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Baiser, Benjamin ^a   Ardeshiri, Roxanne S ^b   Ellison, Aaron M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTHROPOD LARVA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PITCHER PLANT; PLANT LEAF; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PROTOZOON; SARRACENIACEAE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC CASCADE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOTA; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; EUGLENOZOA; FOOD CHAIN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SARRACENIACEAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHIRONOMIDAE; PROTOZOA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE; WYEOMYIA SMITHII;

EID: 79958032913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020672     Document Type: Article

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