Soil biota community structure and abundance under agricultural intensification and extensification

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 460-473

  Postma Blaauw, Maria B ^a   De Goede, Ron G M ^a   Bloem, Jaap ^a   Faber, Jack H ^a   Brussaard, Lijbert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body size; Crop rotation; Enchytraeids; Feeding groups; Land use change; Life history; Microarthropods; Microbial biomass; Protozoa; Soil biodiversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CROP ROTATION; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PROTOZOAN; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; TIME;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INVERTEBRATES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TIME FACTORS;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENCHYTRAEIDAE; FUNGI; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 77949302615     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-0666.1     Document Type: Article

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