No bottom-up effects of food addition on predators in a tropical forest

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-65

  Raub, Florian ^a   Scheuermann, Ludger ^b   Höfer, Hubert ^a   Brandl, Roland ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^b Philipps Universität Marburg ^*  (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; Brazil; Decomposers; Litter; Old growth forest; Resource manipulation experiment; Secondary forest

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84893720041     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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