Season mediates herbivore effects on litter and soil microbial abundance and activity in a semi-arid woodland

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• herbivore 100%
• woodland 91%
• litter 89%
• microbial community 60%
• moth 47%
• herbivory 43%
• soil 40%
• phosphatase 26%
• effect 22%
• pine 20%
• rain 18%
• ecosystem 14%
• boring 13%
• interception 13%
• microclimate 13%
• ecosystem function 12%
• insect 11%
• dry season 11%
• stem 10%
• species richness 10%
• canopy 9%
• organism 8%
• nutrient 7%
• biomass 7%
• nitrogen 7%
• summer 6%
• removal 6%
• test 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• woodlands 95%
• herbivores 81%
• microbial communities 50%
• soil 48%
• moths 24%
• alkaline phosphatase 15%
• Dioryctria 15%
• Pinus 14%
• rain 13%
• ecosystems 13%
• ecological function 10%
• microclimate 9%
• microbial biomass 9%
• dry season 8%
• species richness 7%
• canopy 6%
• summer 5%
• stems 5%
• insects 5%
• nutrients 5%
• nitrogen 5%
• organisms 5%
• testing 3%