Trophic stability of soil oribatid mites in the face of environmental change

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-77

  Gan, Huijie ^a   Zak, Donald R ^a   Hunter, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

15N stable isotope; N deposition; Oribatid mites; Soil fauna diversity; Stability; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

N DEPOSITION; ORIBATID MITES; SOIL FAUNA; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEPOSITION; ISOTOPES; NUTRITION;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MITE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 84885158355     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.09.019     Document Type: Article

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