Dynamics of soil meso- and macrofauna during a 5-year period after clear-cut burning in a boreal forest

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-74

  Malmström, Anna ^a   Persson, Tryggve ^a   Ahlström, Kerstin ^a   Gongalsky, Konstantin B ^b   Bengtsson, Janne ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Collembola; Enchytraeidae; Functional groups; Macroarthropods; Mesostigmata; Oribatida; Prescribed burning; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ASTIGMATA; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; LUMBRICIDAE; MESOSTIGMATA; ORIBATIDA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PROSTIGMATA; PROTURA; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 70149114366     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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