Trees as templates for trophic structure of tropical litter arthropod fauna

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 61, Issue , 2013, Pages 45-51

  Donoso, David A ^a,b   Johnston, Mary K ^a,c   Clay, Natalie A ^a   Kaspari, Michael E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

^c TechSoup Global   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Brown food web; Ecosystem size hypothesis; Litter arthropods; Predator to prey ratios; Seasonality hypothesis; Species hypothesis; Tree hypothesis

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEBS; LITTER ARTHROPODS; PREDATOR TO PREY RATIOS; SEASONALITY; SPECIES HYPOTHESIS; TREE HYPOTHESIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

FORESTRY;

ARTHROPOD; FOREST CANOPY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PATCHINESS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; SEASONALITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TROPICAL FOREST;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TREES;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 84875083942     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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