Macrofauna assemblage composition and soil moisture interact to affect soil ecosystem functions

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 47, Issue , 2013, Pages 30-36

  Collison, E J ^a   Riutta, T ^a   Slade, E M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity ecosystem functioning (BEF); Complementarity; Decomposition; Diversity effects; Mesocosm; Soil respiration

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPLEMENTARITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; INVERTEBRATE; LITTER; LOUSE; MESOCOSM; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; TEMPERATE FOREST;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; GLOMERIS MARGINATA; INVERTEBRATA; PHILOSCIA MUSCORUM; PORCELLIO SCABER; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84872013936     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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