Secondary compounds can reduce the soil micro-arthropod effect on lichen decomposition

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-16

  Asplund, Johan ^a,b   Bokhorst, Stef ^a   Wardle, David A ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acari; Collembola; Invertebrates; Litter decomposition; Mesh size; Phenolic compounds; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

ACARI; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATES; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MESH SIZE; PHENOLIC COMPOUNDS; SOIL FAUNA;

ACETONE; ANIMALS; FUNGI; NUTRIENTS;

DECOMPOSITION;

ARTHROPOD; DECOMPOSITION; IMMOBILIZATION; LICHEN; MESH SIZE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EID: 84880415955     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.06.013     Document Type: Article

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