Microscale distribution patterns in high Arctic soil microarthropod communities: The influence of plant species within the vegetation mosaic

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 801-809

  Coulson, S J ^a   Hodkinson, I D ^a   Webb, N R ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SOIL FAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VASCULAR PLANT;

ACARI; ACAULIS; ANIMALIA; ANOMIA; ARTHROPODA; CAMISIA; CASSIOPE; CASSIOPE TETRAGONA; COLLEMBOLA; DRYAS OCTOPETALA; FOLSOMIA; FOLSOMIA QUADRIOCULATA; INVERTEBRATA; LUZULA; LUZULA CONFUSA; SALIX; SALIX POLARIS; SAXIFRAGA; SAXIFRAGA OPPOSITIFOLIA; SILENE; SILENE ACAULIS; TETRAGONA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0347660949     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2003.03646.x     Document Type: Article

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