Soil macroinvertebrate fauna of a Mediterranean arid system: Composition and temporal changes in the assemblage

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1916-1925

  Doblas Miranda, Enrique ^a   Sánchez Piñero, Francisco ^a   González Megías, Adela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Litter and belowground assemblages; Macroinvertebrates; Mediterranean arid ecosystem; Soil ecology; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; SOILS;

BELOWGROUND ASSEMBLAGES; FOOD WEBS; LITTER ASSEMBLAGES; MACROINVERTEBRATES; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

ANIMALS;

ABEE METEORITE; ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 34248595792     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.02.009     Document Type: Article

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