Soil decomposer community as a model system in studying the effects of habitat fragmentation and habitat corridors

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 853-863

  Rantalainen, Minna Liisa ^a   Haimi, Jari ^b   Fritze, Hannu ^c   Pennanen, Taina ^c   Setälä, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Below ground habitat; Ecological model system; Ecosystem functioning; Habitat size; Scale; Soil fauna; Soil microbes

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOILS;

ECOLOGICAL MODEL SYSTEMS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; SOIL DECOMPOSERS; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROBES;

BIODIVERSITY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

EID: 39149132873     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.11.008     Document Type: Review

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