Phosphorus content in detritus controls life-history traits of a detritivore

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 807-815

  Danger, Michael ^a   Arce Funck, Julio ^a   Devin, Simon ^a   Heberle, Julie ^a   Felten, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Aquatic hyphomycetes; Ecological stoichiometry; Gammarus fossarum; Growth rate hypothesis; Headwater streams; Leaf litter quality

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL MASS BALANCE; CRUSTACEAN; DETRITIVORY; DETRITUS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; HEADWATER; HOMEOSTASIS; LEAF LITTER; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHOSPHORUS; STOICHIOMETRY; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIPODA; CRUSTACEA; FUNGI; GAMMARUS; GAMMARUS FOSSARUM; HYPHOMYCETES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 84878192648     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12079     Document Type: Article

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