Community structure and seasonal variation of soil arthropods in the forest-steppe ecotone of the mountainous region in Northern Hebei, China

Journal of Mountain Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-196

  Zhu, Xinyu ^a,b,d   Gao, Baojia ^c,d   Yuan, Shengliang ^d   Hu, Yunchuan ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOUNTAIN HAZARDS AND ENVIRONMENT   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c HEBEI NORTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HEBEI   (China)

Author keywords

Composition; Diversity; Ecotone; Mountainous region; Seasonal change; Soil arthropods

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952840555     PISSN: 16726316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11629-010-0198-0     Document Type: Article

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