Enzymatic and detrital influences on the structure, function, and dynamics of spatially-explicit model ecosystems

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 205-227

  Moore, John C ^a   Boone, Randall B ^a   Koyama, Akihiro ^a   Holfelder, Kirstin ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent based model; Enzymes; Soil food web; Spatial distribution; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

CARBON CYCLE; DETRITUS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD WEB; PREDATOR; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84891902231     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: 1573515X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10533-013-9932-3     Document Type: Article

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