Woody plant phylogenetic diversity mediates bottom-up control of arthropod biomass in species-rich forests

Oecologia

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 171-182

  Schuldt, Andreas ^a   Baruffol, Martin ^b   Bruelheide, Helge ^c,d   Chen, Simon ^e   Chi, Xiulian ^f   Wall, Marcus ^c   Assmann, Thorsten ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e Magdalene College   (United Kingdom)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BEF China; Biodiversity; Ecosystem function; Herbivores; Predators; Species richness; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; HERBIVORE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODY PLANT;

CHINA;

ARTHROPODA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMASS; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CHINA; ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES;

EID: 84906242248     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3006-7     Document Type: Article

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