Intensive rubber cultivation degrades soil nematode communities in Xishuangbanna, southwest China

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 76, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-169

  Xiao, Hai F ^a   Tian, Yao H ^b   Zhou, Hui P ^b   Ai, Xiang S ^b   Yang, Xiao D ^a   Schaefer, Douglas A ^a  

^a KEY LABORATORY OF TROPICAL FOREST ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Institute of Tropical Crops   (China)

Author keywords

Forest diversity; Land use type; Nematode communities; Nematode ecological indices; Rubber monoculture

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MIXTURES; RUBBER PLANTATIONS; SOILS;

ECOLOGICAL FUNCTIONING; ECOLOGICAL INDICES; FOREST DIVERSITY; INDICATOR SPECIES; LAND-USE TYPE; NEMATODE COMMUNITIES; PROTECTIVE MEASURES; SURFACE VEGETATION;

RUBBER;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; LAND USE; NEMATODE; RUBBER; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL DEGRADATION; TAXONOMY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LAND USE; MIXTURES; PLANTATIONS; RUBBER;

CHINA; XISHUANGBANNA; YUNNAN;

EID: 84902014300     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.05.012     Document Type: Article

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