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Nutritional indices in the gypsy moth ( Lymantria dispar (L.)) under field conditions and host switching situations
(Springer-Verlag, 1994-03)
A large proportion of gypsy moths ( Lymantria dispar (L.)) are likely to experience multiple species diets in the field due to natural wandering and host switching which occurs with these insects. Nutritional indices in ...
Fine root chemistry and decomposition in model communities of north-temperate tree species show little response to elevated atmospheric CO 2 and varying soil resource availability
(Springer-Verlag, 2005-12)
Rising atmospheric [CO 2 ] has the potential to alter soil carbon (C) cycling by increasing the content of recalcitrant constituents in plant litter, thereby decreasing rates of decomposition. Because fine root turnover ...
Microbial community composition and function beneath temperate trees exposed to elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide and ozone
(Springer-Verlag, 2002-04)
We hypothesized that changes in plant growth resulting from atmospheric CO 2 and O 3 enrichment would alter the flow of C through soil food webs and that this effect would vary with tree species. To test this idea, we ...
Microbial Community Structure and Oxidative Enzyme Activity in Nitrogen-amended North Temperate Forest Soils
(Springer-Verlag; Spreinger-Verlag, 2004-10)
Large regions of temperate forest are subject to elevated atmospheric nitrogen (N) deposition which can affect soil organic matter dynamics by altering mass loss rates, soil respiration, and dissolved organic matter ...
Extracellular Enzyme Activities and Soil Organic Matter Dynamics for Northern Hardwood Forests receiving Simulated Nitrogen Deposition
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer, 2005-08)
Anthropogenic nitrogen enrichment alters decomposition processes that control the flux of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) from soil organic matter (SOM) pools. To link N-driven changes in SOM to microbial responses, we measured ...
Fine-root biomass and fluxes of soil carbon in young stands of paper birch and trembling aspen as affected by elevated atmospheric CO 2 and tropospheric O 3
(Springer-Verlag, 2001-07)
Rising atmospheric CO 2 may stimulate future forest productivity, possibly increasing carbon storage in terrestrial ecosystems, but how tropospheric ozone will modify this response is unknown. Because of the importance of ...
Carbon and nitrogen cycling during old-field succession: Constraints on plant and microbial biomass
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1990-11)
Soil C and N dynamics were studied in a sequence of old fields of increasing age to determine how these biogeochemical cycles change during secondary succession. In addition, three different late-successional forests were ...
Nitrogen mineralization, nitrification and denitrification in upland and wetland ecosystems
(Springer-Verlag, 1991-10)
Nitrogen mineralization, nitrification, denitrification, and microbial biomass were evaluated in four representative ecosystems in east-central Minnesota. The study ecosystems included: old field, swamp forest, savanna, ...
Foraging behavior as a determinant of asymmetric competitive interaction between two ant species in a tropical agroecosystem
(Springer-Verlag, 1994-07)
This work is concerned with elucidating competitive interactions between two neotropical ants, Solenopsis geminata and Pheidole radoszkowskii , focusing on their foraging behavior. When released from competition from P. ...