Environmental filtering vs. resource-based niche partitioning in diverse soil animal assemblages

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-152

  Maaß, Stefanie ^a,b   Maraun, Mark ^c   Scheu, Stefan ^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 GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coexistence mechanisms; Community structure; Neutral theory; Oribatid mites; Soil microarthropods; Stable isotopes; Trophic niche

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ISOTOPES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; NEUTRAL THEORIES; ORIBATID MITES; SOIL MICROARTHROPODS; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC NICHE;

SOILS;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FILTRATION; FRACTIONATION; MITE; NICHE PARTITIONING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 84925718076     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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