Biodiversity and trophic structure of soil nematode communities are altered following woody plant invasion of grassland

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1943-1950

  Biederman, Lori A ^a   Boutton, Thomas W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Decomposition pathways; Faunal analysis; Prosopis glandulosa; Texas; USA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHRONOSEQUENCES; DECOMPOSITION PATHWAY; FAUNAL ANALYSIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA; TEXAS;

SOILS;

BIODIVERSITY; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENERGY FLOW; GRASSLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; NEMATODE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL FAUNA; TROPICAL SOIL; VEGETATION TYPE; WOODY PLANT;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE PLAIN; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEMATODA; POACEAE; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 68849084322     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.06.019     Document Type: Article

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