The effect of topsoil removal in restored heathland on soil fauna, topsoil microstructure, and cellulose decomposition: Implications for ecosystem restoration

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3963-3978

  Frouz, Jan ^a,d   van Diggelen, Rudy ^b,c   Pižl, Vaclav ^a   Starý, Josef ^a   Háněl, Ladislav ^a   Tajovský, Karel ^a   Kalčík, Jiří ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d Environmental Centre   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Humus form; Nematoda; Oribatid mites; Restoration; Soil formation; Soil microstructure

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; HEATHLAND; HUMUS; MITE; NEMATODE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL SURFACE; TOPSOIL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ACARI; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 71049131869     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9692-5     Document Type: Article

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