Spruce forest conversion to a mixed beech-coniferous stand modifies oribatid community structure

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 60-67

  Zaitsev, Andrey S ^a,b   Chauvat, Matthieu ^c   Wolters, Volkmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Black Forest; Community structure; Forest conversion; Germany; Mixed forests; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892865765     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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