Exotic plant influences soil nematode communities through litter input

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1782-1793

  Chen, Huili ^a,b   Li, Bo ^a   Fang, Changming ^a   Chen, Jiakuan ^a   Wu, Jihua ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colonization; Decomposition; Litter quality; Phragmites australis; Spartina alterniflora; Succession; Wetland

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; ESTUARIES; NITROGEN; SOIL POLLUTION;

LITTER QUALITY; NEMATODE COLONIZATION; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

VEGETATION;

ABUNDANCE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSITION; LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NEMATODE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; REEDBED; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SUCCESSION; TOP-DOWN CONTROL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPLOLAIMELLA; DIPLOLAIMELLOIDES; NEMATODA; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS; SPARTINA ALTERNIFLORA;

EID: 34247224892     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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