Macroecological patterns in soil communities

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 287-302

  Decaëns, Thibaud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity driving factors; Biodiversity patterns; Soil biodiversity; Soil fauna; Soil microbial communities

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MACROECOLOGY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PATCHINESS; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77954233818     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2009.00517.x     Document Type: Review

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