Biotic interactions as a structuring force in soil communities: Evidence from the micro-arthropods of an Antarctic moss model system

Oecologia

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 495-503

  Caruso, Tancredi ^a   Trokhymets, Vladlen ^b   Bargagli, Roberto ^c   Convey, Peter ^d,e  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF KYIV   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Environmental filtering; Meta communities; Micro arthropods; Negative interaction; Spatial processes

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; AUTOCORRELATION; BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TAXONOMY;

ANIMAL; ANTARCTICA; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; MITE; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ARTHROPODS; BRYOPHYTA; ECOSYSTEM; MITES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL;

ANTARCTIC PENINSULA; ANTARCTICA; WEST ANTARCTICA;

ARTHROPODA; BRYOPHYTA;

EID: 84878110272     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2503-9     Document Type: Article

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