The train millipede (Parafontaria laminata) mediates soil aggregation and N dynamics in a Japanese larch forest

Geoderma

Volumn 159, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 216-220

  Fujimaki, Reiji ^a   Sato, Yui ^a   Okai, Naoyuki ^a   Kaneko, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Larch forest soil; N mineralization; N2O emission; Soil aggregation; Train millipede (Parafontaria laminata)

Indexed keywords

LARCH FOREST; N MINERALIZATION; N2O EMISSION; SOIL AGGREGATION; TRAIN MILLIPEDE (PARAFONTARIA LAMINATA);

DYNAMICS; EXPERIMENTS; MINERALOGY; NUTRIENTS;

SOILS;

ARTHROPOD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; EARTHWORM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FECAL PELLET; LARVA; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL STRUCTURE; TERMITE;

JAPAN;

DIPLOPODA; ISOPTERA; LARIX; PARAFONTARIA LAMINATA; PSEUDOLARIX KAEMPFERI;

EID: 77956844413     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2010.07.014     Document Type: Article

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