Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I Theory
- Part II Ecosystems
- Part III Patterns and Processes
- 8 Influence of plant defenses and nutrients on trophic control of ecosystems
- 9 Interactive effects of plants, decomposers, herbivores, and predators on nutrient cycling
- 10 The role of bottom-up and top-down interactions in determining microbial and fungal diversity and function
- 11 The question of scale in trophic ecology
- 12 The role of species diversity in bottom-up and top-down interactions
- 13 Plant and herbivore evolution within the trophic sandwich
- 14 Bottom-up and top-down interactions across ecosystems in an era of global change
- Index
- References
9 - Interactive effects of plants, decomposers, herbivores, and predators on nutrient cycling
from Part III - Patterns and Processes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Preface
- Part I Theory
- Part II Ecosystems
- Part III Patterns and Processes
- 8 Influence of plant defenses and nutrients on trophic control of ecosystems
- 9 Interactive effects of plants, decomposers, herbivores, and predators on nutrient cycling
- 10 The role of bottom-up and top-down interactions in determining microbial and fungal diversity and function
- 11 The question of scale in trophic ecology
- 12 The role of species diversity in bottom-up and top-down interactions
- 13 Plant and herbivore evolution within the trophic sandwich
- 14 Bottom-up and top-down interactions across ecosystems in an era of global change
- Index
- References
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