Using structural equation modeling to test established theory and develop novel hypotheses for the structuring forces in soil food webs

Pedobiologia

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 137-145

  Shao, Yuanhu ^a   Bao, Weikai ^b   Chen, Dima ^c   Eisenhauer, Nico ^d,e   Zhang, Weixin ^a   Pang, Xueyong ^b   Xu, Guoliang ^f   Fu, Shenglei ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^f GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Collembola; Mites; Nematodes; Predator prey; Soil invertebrates

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM-UP CONTROL; DETRITUS; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD WEB; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MITE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOIL BIOTA; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLLEMBOLA; ILLICIUM VERUM; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84939693633     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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