Insect Herbivory Increases Litter Quality and Decomposition: An Extension of the Acceleration Hypothesis.
Herbivore alteration of litter inputs may change litter decomposition rates and influence ecosystem nutrient cycling. In a semiarid woodland at Sunset Crater National Monument, Arizona, long-term insect herbivore removal experiments and the presence of herbivore resistant and susceptible pinyon pine...
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2003
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