Evenness and plant species identity affect earthworm diversity and community structure in grassland soils

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 713-719

  Piotrowska, Katarzyna ^a   Connolly, John ^a   Finn, John ^b   Black, Alistair ^b   Bolger, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aboveground belowground interaction; Biodiversity; Evenness; Soil

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND-BELOWGROUND INTERACTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; EARTHWORM SPECIES; EVENNESS; GRASSLAND SOILS; IRELAND; PLANT BIOMASS PRODUCTION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT SPECIES; PLANT SPECIES DIVERSITY; PLANTING DENSITY; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; FORESTRY; NOBELIUM; PILOT PLANTS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

SOILS;

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS;

IRELAND;

DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; PHLEUM PRATENSE; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 84870949457     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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