Earthworms drive succession of both plant and Collembola communities in post-mining sites

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 170-177

  Mudrák, Ondřej ^a,b   Uteseny, Karoline ^c,e   Frouz, Jan ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Multitrophic interactions; Plant growth; Post mining soils; Restoration; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; CALAMAGROSTIS EPIGEIOS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA JACEA; COLLEMBOLA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; SALIX; SALIX CAPREA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM MEDIUM;

EID: 84866481359     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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