Changes in the community composition and trophic structure of microarthropods in sporocarps of the wood decaying fungus Fomitopsis pinicola along an altitudinal gradient

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-23

  Maraun, Mark ^a   Augustin, Dana ^a   Müller, Jörg ^b   Bässler, Claus ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Altitude; Diversity; Fomitopsis pinicola; Microarthropods; Oribatida; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903823867     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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