Positive and negative impacts of insect frass quality on soil nitrogen availability and plant growth

Population Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Kagata, Hideki ^a   Ohgushi, Takayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aboveground belowground interaction; Decomposition; Fertilization; Insect plant interaction

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; LARVA; MOTH; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHYTOMASS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; HEXAPODA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE;

EID: 83355163297     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-011-0281-6     Document Type: Article

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