Belowground top-down and aboveground bottom-up effects structure multitrophic community relationships in a biodiverse forest

Abstract Ecosystem functioning and human well-being critically depend on numerous species interactions above- and belowground. However, unraveling the structure of multitrophic interaction webs at the ecosystem level is challenging for biodiverse ecosystems. Attempts to identify major relationships...

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Main Authors: Andreas Schuldt, Helge Bruelheide, François Buscot, Thorsten Assmann, Alexandra Erfmeier, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Keping Ma, Thomas Scholten, Michael Staab, Christian Wirth, Jiayong Zhang, Tesfaye Wubet
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04619-3