Predatory beetles facilitate plant growth by driving earthworms to lower soil layers

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 749-758

  Zhao, Chuan ^a   Griffin, John N ^b   Wu, Xinwei ^c   Sun, Shucun ^a,c  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alpine meadow; Beetle; Behaviour mediated indirect interaction; Detritus; Earthworm; Food chain; Trophic cascade

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BEETLE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DETRITIVORY; EARTHWORM; FACILITATION; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; GROWTH RATE; MEADOW; NICHE OVERLAP; PREDATOR; SOIL HORIZON; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

COLEOPTERA;

SOIL;

ANIMAL; BEET; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLIGOCHAETA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SOIL;

ANIMALS; BETA VULGARIS; ECOSYSTEM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OLIGOCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOIL; TIBET;

EID: 84879173383     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12058     Document Type: Article

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