Recovery of forest soil fauna diversity and composition after repeated summer droughts

Oikos

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 494-506

  Lindberg, Niklas ^a   Bengtsson, Janne ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERSITY INDEX; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOREST SOIL; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; COLLEMBOLA; MESOSTIGMATA; ORIBATIDA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33845644709     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0030-1299.14396.x     Document Type: Article

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