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Web URL(s): | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A%3A1004642218792 Last checked: 09/27/2017 Access conditions: Item is within a limited-access website Notes: Guide page |
Publication Type:
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Author(s): | Bardgett, Richard D.;
Cook, Roger;
Yeates, Gregor W.;
Denton, Crystal S. |
Author Affiliation: | Bardgett: School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT UK and Department of Biological Sciences, Institute of Environmental and Natural Sciences, University of Lanchaster, Lanchaster LA1 4YQ, UK; and Cook: Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB UK; and Yeates: Landcare Research, Private Bag 11052, Palmerston North, New Zealand; and Denton: School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT UK and Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research, Plas Gogerddan, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3EB UK. |
Title: | The influence of nematodes on below-ground processes in grassland ecosystems |
Section: | Nematodes in soil eccosystems Other records with the "Nematodes in soil eccosystems" Section
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Meeting Info.: | 24th European Society of Nematologists' Symposium; 4-9 August 1998; Dundee, UK |
Source: | Plant and Soil. Vol. 212, No. 1, 1999, p. 23-33. |
Publishing Information: | Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers |
# of Pages: | 11 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Nematoda; Grasslands; Environmental benefits; Carbon cycle; Nutrients; Nutrient uptake; Nutrient cycles; Soil fertility; Biomass; Heterodera trifolii; Trifolium repens; Roots; Pratylenchus; Helicotylenchus; Soil microorganisms; Growth; Lolium perenne; Plant animal interaction; Grazing; Nitrogen; Leaching; Diversity
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Abstract/Contents: | "This review summarises recent information on benefical roles that soil nematodes play in the cycling of carbon and other plant nutrients in grassland ecosystems. In particular, we focus on the role of the two dominant functional groups of nematodes, namely the microbial- and root-feeders, and how their activities may enhance would ecosystem-level processes of nutrient cycling and, ultimately, plant productivity in managed and unmanaged grassland ecosystems. We report recent experiments which show that low amounts of root herbivory by nematodes can increase the allocation of photoassimilate carbon to roots, leading to increased root exudation and microbial activity in the rhizosphere. The effects of these interactions on soil nutrient cycling and plant productivity are discussed. Evidence is presented to show that the feeding activities of microbial-feeding nematodes can enhance nutrient mineralization and plant nutrient uptake in grasslands, but that these responses are highly species-specific and appear to be strongly regulated by higher trophic groups of fauna (top-down regulation). We recommend that future studies of the roles of nematodes in grassland ecosystems should consider these more complex trophic interactions and also the effects of species diversity of nematodes on soil ecosystem-level processes." |
Language: | English |
References: | 60 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Bardgett, R. D., R. Cook, G. W. Yeates, and C. S. Denton. 1999. The influence of nematodes on below-ground processes in grassland ecosystems. Plant Soil. 212(1):p. 23-33. |
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