Weighing in: Size spectra as a standard tool in soil community analyses

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 366-372

  Turnbull, Matthew S ^a   George, Paul B L ^a   Lindo, Zoë ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body size; Energetic equivalence; Maturity index; Mesofauna; Microfauna; Nematodes; Soil fauna; Trophic transfer efficiency

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZES; ENERGETIC EQUIVALENCE; MATURITY INDICES; MESOFAUNA; MICROFAUNA; NEMATODES; SOIL FAUNA; TROPHIC TRANSFER EFFICIENCIES;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ECOLOGY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TOOLS;

AQUATIC ORGANISMS;

ABUNDANCE; BODY SIZE; FAUNA; MATURATION; NEMATODE; SOIL BIOTA; TAXONOMY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 84887183430     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.10.019     Document Type: Review

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