Vertical distribution of soil macrofauna in an arid ecosystem: Are litter and belowground compartmentalized habitats?

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 361-373

  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

Litter mineral soil interface; Mediterranean ecosystems; Soil faunal community; Spatio temporal variability

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ARTHROPOD; BARE SOIL; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARTMENTALIZATION; DETRITIVORY; LARVA; LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SOIL FAUNA; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 68249089474     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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