Collembola species composition and diversity effects on ecosystem functioning vary with plant functional group identity

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1697-1704

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning relationship; Decomposer diversity; Litter decomposition; Plant competition; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY-ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONING RELATIONSHIP; DECOMPOSERS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; PLANT COMPETITION; SOIL FAUNA;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRASS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEGUME; LIFE HISTORY; NONLINEARITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

COLLEMBOLA; POACEAE;

EID: 79958123872     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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