Landscape and management effects on structure and function of soil arthropod communities in winter wheat

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 137, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 108-112

  Diekötter, Tim ^a   Wamser, Sabine ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a   Birkhofer, Klaus ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Carabids; Litter decomposition; Organic farming; Seed predation; Spiders

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BEETLE; LITTERFALL; ORGANIC FARMING; SEED PREDATION; SOIL BIOTA; SPIDER; WHEAT;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPLOPODA; ONISCIDEA; PHTHIRAPTERA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77950049241     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.01.008     Document Type: Article

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