Assemblages of soil macrofauna across a Scottish land-use intensification gradient: Influences of habitat quality, heterogeneity and area

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1153-1164

  Eggleton, Paul ^a   Vanbergen, Adam J ^b   Jones, David T ^a   Lambert, Matthew C ^a   Rockett, Carole ^a   Hammond, Peter M ^a   Beccaloni, Janet ^a   Marriott, Douglas ^a   Ross, Emma ^a   Giusti, Alessandro ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonian pine forest; Invertebrate conservation; Land management; Local and regional processes; Soil biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; LAND MANAGEMENT; SOIL BIOTA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CONIFEROPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 31344437513     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2005.01090.x     Document Type: Article

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