Habitat structure alters top-down control in litter communities

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 877-887

  Kalinkat, Gregor ^a,b   Brose, Ulrich ^a   Rall, Björn Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom up control; Functional response; Non linear interaction strength; Predator prey interaction; Soil food webs

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; DETRITIVORY; ENERGY FLOW; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LITTER; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

CHILOPODA; COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 84878970117     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2530-6     Document Type: Article

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