Chronic nitrogen deposition alters the structure and function of detrital food webs in a northern hardwood ecosystem

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1311-1321

  Gan, Huijie ^a   Zak, Donald R ^a   Hunter, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Detrital communities; Hardwood forests; Microarthropods; Microbial PLFA; N deposition; Northern hardwood forest; Oribatid mites; Phospholipid fatty acid analysis

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOOD WEB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MITE; NITROGEN; PHOSPHOLIPID; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; FOOD CHAIN; MICHIGAN; NITROGEN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREES;

EID: 84884226770     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-1895.1     Document Type: Article

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