Relationship between soil microarthropod species diversity and plant growth does not change when the system is disturbed

Oikos

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 137-149

  Liiri, Mira ^a   Setälä, Heikki ^a   Haimi, Jari ^a   Pennanen, Taina ^b   Fritze, Hannu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PLANT; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 0036106314     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.960115.x     Document Type: Article

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