Collembola diversity in the critically endangered Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and adjacent pine plantations

Pedobiologia

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 203-209

  Liu, W P A ^a   Janion, C ^a   Chown, S L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Alien species; Cape floristic region; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AFFORESTATION; ARTHROPOD; CAPE FLORISTIC REGION; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FYNBOS; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANTATION; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 84861993117     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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