Disturbance, neutral theory, and patterns of beta diversity in soil communities

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 4766-4774

  Maaß, Stefanie ^a,b   Migliorini, Massimo ^c   Rillig, Matthias C ^a,b   Caruso, Tancredi ^d  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b BERLIN BRANDENBURG INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH BBIB   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Disturbance; Microarthropods; Neutral models; Oribatid mites; Soil; Spatial and temporal change

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84919705087     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1313     Document Type: Article

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