Nutrient Presses and Pulses Differentially Impact Plants, Herbivores, Detritivores and Their Natural Enemies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Murphy, Shannon M ^a   Wimp, Gina M ^b   Lewis, Danny ^b   Denno, Robert F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DETRITIVORE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; FERTILIZATION; FOOD WEB; HERBIVORE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANT GROWTH; PREDATOR; PREY; SALT MARSH; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FERTILIZERS; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; POACEAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; WETLANDS;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84865477916     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043929     Document Type: Article

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