Biological control of beech and hornbeam affects species richness via changes in the organic layer, pH and soil moisture characteristics

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 469-477

  Kooijman, Anne Mieke ^a   Cammeraat, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Clay migration; Drainage; Luxembourg; Plant soil interactions

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CLAY SOIL; DECIDUOUS TREE; DRAINAGE; EARTHWORM; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INHIBITION; ORGANIC MATTER; PH; POROSITY; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION TYPE;

BELGIUM; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM];

CARPINUS; FAGUS;

EID: 77950212799     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01640.x     Document Type: Article

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