Exclusion of invertebrates influences saprotrophic fungal community and wood decay rate in an experimental field study

Agriculture & Biology

• decayed wood 100%
• fungal communities 87%
• invertebrates 63%
• wood density 30%
• dead wood 30%
• cages 22%
• wood degradation 17%
• saprophytes 16%
• decay fungi 16%
• Coriolus versicolor 15%
• degradation 15%
• ecological function 14%
• forest ecosystems 14%
• trophic levels 14%
• DNA barcoding 13%
• recycling 12%
• deterioration 10%
• fungi 7%
• nutrients 7%
• testing 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• field study 66%
• invertebrate 65%
• dead wood 35%
• rate 24%
• community composition 23%
• fungus 22%
• exclusion experiment 20%
• decomposition 18%
• baseline conditions 17%
• effect 14%
• ecosystem function 13%
• trophic level 12%
• forest ecosystem 12%
• microbial community 10%
• DNA 10%
• recycling 9%
• plain 9%
• nutrient 8%
• test 4%