Trophic ecology of mesostigmatan and oribatid mites in harvested and control coniferous and deciduous stands of the boreal mixedwood forest determined using 15N stable isotopes

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 67, Issue , 2013, Pages 147-154

  Díaz Aguilar, Irma ^a   Quideau, Sylvie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Feeding relationships; Forest floor food web; Mesostigmata; Mixedwood boreal forest; Oribatida; Stable nitrogen isotopes; Trophic guilds

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CLEARCUTTING; FOOD WEBS; MESOSTIGMATA; ORIBATIDA; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TROPHIC GUILDS;

ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; FLOORS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING GROUND; HARVESTING; MITE; MIXED FOREST; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ECOSYSTEMS; FEEDING; FLOORS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; SOIL;

CANADA;

EID: 84884185431     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.08.019     Document Type: Article

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