Biodiversity of soil macrofauna in the New Forest: A benchmark study across a national park landscape

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3385-3410

  Carpenter, Daniel ^a   Hammond, Peter M ^a   Sherlock, Emma ^a   Lidgett, Angela ^a   Leigh, Kerry ^a   Eggleton, Paul ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation threats; Landscape ecology; National parks; Soil biodiversity; Terrestrial macrofauna

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT TYPE; HEATHLAND; HOT SPOT; LANDSCAPE; LEAF LITTER; PITFALL TRAP; RARE SPECIES; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ENGLAND; HAMPSHIRE; NEW FOREST; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILOPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; EQUIDAE; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LUMBRICIDAE; OPILIONES;

EID: 84868584074     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0369-0     Document Type: Article

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