Sampling season affects conclusions on soil arthropod community structure responses to metal pollution in Mediterranean urban soils

Geoderma

Volumn 226-227, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-53

  Santorufo, Lucia ^a   Van Gestel, Cornelis A M ^b   Maisto, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acarina; Climatic conditions; Collembola; Metal pollution; Soil arthropod

Indexed keywords

METALS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SOIL POLLUTION; POLLUTION;

ACARINA; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; COLLEMBOLA; METAL POLLUTION; SOIL ARTHROPODS;

SOILS;

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FITNESS; MEDITERRANEAN SOIL; POLLUTION EFFECT; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL POLLUTION; URBAN SITE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METAL; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEASONALITY; SOIL BIOTA; URBAN AREA;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 84896454767     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2014.02.001     Document Type: Article

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