Relating microarthropod community structure and diversity to soil fertility manipulations in temperate grassland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1707-1717

  Cole, Lisa ^a,c   Buckland, Sarah M ^b   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grassland; Lime; Microarthropods; Nitrogen; Soil biodiversity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FERTILIZERS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOILS;

MICROARTHROPOD COMMUNITY; NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL (NERC); PLANT INPUTS; SOIL BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; GRASSLAND; SOIL FAUNA;

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 20444464449     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2005.02.005     Document Type: Article

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