Contrasting diversity patterns of soil mites and nematodes in secondary succession

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 603-609

  Kardol, Paul ^a,b   Newton, Jeffrey S ^a,c   Bezemer, T Martijn ^a,d   Maraun, Mark ^e   van der Putten, Wim H ^a,d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha diversity; Beta diversity; Biodiversity; Ex arable land; Gamma diversity; Grasslands; Nematoda; Old fields; Oribatida; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ARABLE LAND; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; GRASSLAND; MITE; NEMATODE; OIL FIELD; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL BIOTA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACARI; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 70349125771     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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