Leaf litter species identity alters the structure of pond communities

Oikos

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 179-191

  Stoler, Aaron B ^a,b   Relyea, Rick A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; FAUNA; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; LEAF LITTER; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHENOL; POND; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VERTEBRATE;

ALGAE; AMPHIPODA; GASTROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84956594396     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/oik.02480     Document Type: Article

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