Relative roles of spatial factors, environmental filtering and biotic interactions in fine-scale structuring of a soil mite community

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 79, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-77

  Gao, Meixiang ^a,b   He, Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Xueping ^a,b   Liu, Dong ^a,b   Wu, Donghui ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biotic interactions; Environmental filtering; Fine scale; Soil mite community; Spatial factors; Temperate deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; FINE-SCALE; SPATIAL FACTORS; TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FOREST;

BIOTIC FACTOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MAPPING; MITE; SAMPLING; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

ACARI;

EID: 84907468545     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.09.003     Document Type: Article

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