Tree species diversity versus tree species identity: Driving forces in structuring forest food webs as indicated by soil nematodes

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 36-45

  Cesarz, Simone ^a,b   Ruess, Liliane ^c   Jacob, Mascha ^d   Jacob, Andreas ^d   Schaefer, Matthias ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ash (Fraxinus excelsior); Bacteria; Beech (Fagus sylvatica); Fungi; Lime (Tilia cordata, Tilia platyphyllos); Nematoda; Soil food web; Tree species diversity; Tree species identity

Indexed keywords

FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS EXCELSIORS; NEMATODA; SOIL FOOD WEB; TREE SPECIES; TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; FUNGI; LIME; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ACID SOIL; ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZA; BACTERIUM; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FINE ROOT; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; PH; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ASH; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; FAGUS; FEEDING; FUNGI; LIME; SOIL; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WORMS;

ARBUSCULAR; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; FUNGI; NEMATODA; TILIA; TILIA CORDATA; TILIA PLATYPHYLLOS;

EID: 84875768470     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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