Divergence of feeding channels within the soil food web determined by ecosystem type

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-13

  Crotty, Felicity V ^a,b,c,d   Blackshaw, Rod P ^b   Adl, Sina M ^c   Inger, Richard ^e   Murray, Philip J ^a  

^a ROTHAMSTED RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community structure; Decomposers; Energy channels; Food webs; Soil ecology; Stable isotopes.

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891601039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.905     Document Type: Article

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