Soil fauna abundance and diversity in a secondary semi-evergreen forest in Guadeloupe (Lesser Antilles): Influence of soil type and dominant tree species

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-276

  Loranger Merciris, Gladys ^a,b   Imbert, Daniel ^b   Bernhard Reversat, France ^a   Ponge, Jean François ^c   Lavelle, Patrick ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Litter quality; Macrofauna; Microarthropods; Semi evergreen forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EVERGREEN FOREST; LITTERFALL; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GUADELOUPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES;

BURSERA SIMARUBA; BURSERACEAE; PISONIA SUBCORDATA; POLYPHERETIMA ELONGATA; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA; TABEBUIA; TABEBUIA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 36148997326     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-007-0199-5     Document Type: Article

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