Lack of energetic equivalence in forest soil invertebrates

Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 527-537

  Ehnes, Roswitha B ^a   Pollierer, Melanie M ^a   Erdmann, Georgia ^a   Klarner, Bernhard ^a   Eitzinger, Bernhard ^a   Digel, Christoph ^a   Ott, David ^a   Maraun, Mark ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Brose, Ulrich ^a  

^a JF Blumenbach Institute of Zoology and Anthropology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Abundance; Allometric scaling; Biomass; Body mass; Complex food webs; Land use; Metabolic rate; Population energy use

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BIOMASS; BODY MASS; FOOD WEB; FOREST SOIL; INVERTEBRATE; LAND USE CHANGE; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENETICS; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIOMASS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; INVERTEBRATES; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 84898004694     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0620.1     Document Type: Article

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