Complementarity of dung beetle species with different functional behaviours influence dung-soil carbon cycling

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 92, Issue , 2016, Pages 142-148

  Menéndez, Rosa ^a   Webb, Paul ^a,b   Orwin, Kate H ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CO2 fluxes; Complementarity; Dung removal; Functional diversity; Microbial biomass; Soil carbon

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; VEGETATION;

COMPLEMENTARITY; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; GRASSLAND PRODUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; SOIL MICROBIAL RESPIRATION;

SOILS;

BEETLE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FLUX; COMPLEMENTARITY; DECOMPOSITION; GRASSLAND; HERBIVORE; MESOCOSM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROFILE; UNGULATE;

AGRILINUS; COLEOPTERA; TYPHAEUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84945143803     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2015.10.004     Document Type: Article

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