Predictors of fine-scale spatial variation in soil mite and microbe community composition differ between biotic groups and habitats

Pedobiologia

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-91

  Nielsen, Uffe N ^a,b   Osler, Graham H R ^a   Campbell, Colin D ^a,c   Burslem, David F R P ^b   van der Wal, René ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Community composition; Soil biota; Soil properties; Spatial distribution; Terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FUNGUS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MITE; MOORLAND; POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLING; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SYMBIONT; WOODLAND;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CALLUNA; FUNGI; MESOSTIGMATA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84857507098     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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