Turning northern peatlands upside down: Disentangling microclimate and substrate quality effects on vertical distribution of Collembola

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1362-1369

  Krab, Eveline J ^a   Oorsprong, Hilde ^a   Berg, Matty P ^a   Cornelissen, Johannes H C ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Climate change; Collembola; Decomposition; Ecomorphological traits; Soil microclimate; Substrate quality; Vertical stratification

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIOME; BLANKET BOG; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCLIMATE; PEATLAND; SOIL FAUNA; STRATIFICATION; SUBARCTIC REGION; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 78649595090     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01754.x     Document Type: Article

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