Current use of and future needs for soil invertebrate functional traits in community ecology

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 194-206

  Pey, Benjamin ^a,b   Nahmani, Johanne ^c   Auclerc, Apolline ^d   Capowiez, Yvan ^e   Cluzeau, Daniel ^f   Cortet, JérÔme ^g   Decaëns, Thibaud ^h   Deharveng, Louis ⁱ   Dubs, Florence ^j   Joimel, Sophie ^k   Briard, Charlène ^f   Grumiaux, Fabien ^l   Laporte, Marie Angélique ^m   Pasquet, Alain ⁿ   Pelosi, Céline ^a   Pernin, Céline ^l   Ponge, Jean François ⁱ   Salmon, Sandrine ⁱ   Santorufo, Lucia ^k,o   Hedde, Mickaël ^a  

^a INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b Domain du Petit Arbois   (France)

^c CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^g UNIVERSITÉ PAUL VALÉRY   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

ⁱ MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^j UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^k LABORATOIRE SOLS ET ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^l UNIV LILLE   (France)

^m IRD   (France)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Behaviour; Community ecology; Constraint; Database management system; Disturbance; Ecological preference; Life history trait; Soil fauna; Thesaurus

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EID: 84901837589     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2014.03.007     Document Type: Article

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