Different microhabitats affect soil macroinvertebrate assemblages in a Mediterranean arid ecosystem

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 329-335

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arid ecosystems; Faunal distribution; Fertile islands; Soil ecology; Spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; MESSOR;

EID: 60549097665     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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