Secondary succession, soil formation and development of a diverse community of oribatids and saprophagous soil macro-invertebrates

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 235-250

  Scheu, Stefan ^a   Schulz, Eckhard ^a  

^a Abteilung Okologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beechwood; Biodiversity; Diplopoda; Isopoda; Lumbricidae; Oribatida; Secondary succession; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

SOIL FORMATION; SUCCESSION;

GERMANY;

ACARI; DIPLOPODA; FAGACEAE; FAGUS; ISOPODA; LUMBRICIDAE; ORIBATIDA; POACEAE; TRITICTIVUM;

EID: 0029661455     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00055833     Document Type: Article

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