Ants accelerate litter decomposition in a Costa Rican lowland tropical rain forest

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 437-443

  McGlynn, Terrence P ^a   Poirson, Evan K ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ant; arthropod; biomass; decomposition; detritus; leaf litter; phosphorus; tropical rain forest

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANT; BIOMASS; DECOMPOSITION; DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; LEAF LITTER; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MESOCOSM; PHOSPHORUS; RAINFOREST; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPICAL FOREST;

COSTA RICA;

ARTHROPODA; CECROPIA; CECROPIA OBTUSIFOLIA; COSTA (OSTRACODE); FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84865800376     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467412000375     Document Type: Article

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