A soil fauna index for assessing soil quality

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 158-165

  Yan, Shaokui ^a,b   Singh, A N ^c   Fu, Shenglei ^d   Liao, Chonghui ^e   Wang, Silong ^a,b   Li, Yuanliang ^a,b   Cui, Yang ^a,b   Hu, Lile ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Huitong National Research Station of Forest Ecosystem   (China)

^c PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^e Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^f CHINESE RESEARCH ACADEMY OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

EMI; FAI; Occurrence; QBS index; Soil faunal community

Indexed keywords

EMI; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FAI; FAUNAL COMMUNITIES; FUNCTIONAL METHODS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; OCCURRENCE; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; QBS INDEX; SIMULATED DATASETS; SOIL ARTHROPODS; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL FUNCTION; SOIL QUALITY;

ANIMALS;

SOILS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE BREADTH; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TAXONOMY;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 84863079320     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.11.014     Document Type: Article

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