Unifying the functional diversity in natural and cultivated soils using the overall body-mass distribution of nematodes

Unifying the functional diversity in natural and cultivated soils using the overall body-mass distribution of nematodes

Abstract Background Sustainable use of our soils is a key goal for environmental protection. As many ecosystem services are supported belowground at different trophic levels by nematodes, soil nematodes are expected to provide objective metrics for biological quality to integrate physical and chemic...

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Main Authors: Christian Mulder, Rob Maas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Ecology
Subjects:
Body-mass distribution
Functional Divergence
Functional Evenness
Functional Richness
Overall diversity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12898-017-0145-9

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