Differential response of ants to nutrient addition in a tropical Brown Food Web

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-17

  Jacquemin, Justine ^a,b   Maraun, Mark ^c   Roisin, Yves ^b   Leponce, Maurice ^a  

^a ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom up; Carbon; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Stable isotopes; Trophic structure; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP; CARBON FLUXES; COLLEMBOLA; DECOMPOSITION RATE; DERMAPTERA; DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSE; FOOD WEBS; HABITAT LOSS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MACROFAUNA; MESOFAUNA; MICROHABITATS; NUTRIENT ADDITION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC GROUP; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TROPICAL ECOSYSTEMS; TROPICAL FOREST; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

CARBON; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; TROPICS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ADAPTATION; BOTTOM-UP APPROACH; CARBON FLUX; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; INSECT; LEAF LITTER; MICROHABITAT; MONTANE FOREST; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPICAL FOREST;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; TROPICS;

ANDES; ECUADOR;

ARACHNIDA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DERMAPTERA; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 82655178517     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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