Oribatid mite and collembolan diversity, density and community structure in a moder beech forest (Fagus sylvatica): Effects of mechanical perturbations

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1387-1394

  Maraun, Mark ^a   Salamon, Jörg Alfred ^b   Schneider, Katja ^a   Schaefer, Matthias ^c   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collembolans; Community structure; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; Moder; Oribatid mites; Perturbation

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; SIEVES;

ARTHOPODS;

SOIL TESTING;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST SOIL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MITE; PERTURBATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ACARI; DESMONOMATA; ENARTHRONOTA; ENTOMOBRYIDAE; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FOLSOMIA; HYPOGASTRURIDAE; ISOTOMIDAE; NEANURIDAE; ONYCHIURIDAE; ORIBATIDA; PORONOTA; TECTOCEPHEUS;

EID: 0141563628     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(03)00218-9     Document Type: Article

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