influence of vegetation type, soil properties and precipitation on the composition of soil mite and microbial communities at the landscape scale

• Published in: Journal of biogeography Vol. 37; no. 7; pp. 1317 - 1328
• Main Authors: Nielsen, Uffe N., Osler, Graham H. R., Campbell, Colin D., Burslem, David F. R. P., van der Wal, René
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.07.2010; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Blackwell Publishing; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Arachnida; Archaea; bacteria; Betula pubescens; Biological and medical sciences; birch woodland; Calluna vulgaris; carbon nitrogen ratio; climate; climate change; community composition; community structure; Forest soils; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; fungal communities; fungi; General aspects; Habitats; heather moorland; heathlands; Invertebrates; issues and policy; land use change; landscapes; linear models; Markvetenskap; Mesostigmata; microhabitats; Mites; Moorlands; multidimensional scaling; Oribatida; rain; Responses to habitat alteration and loss; Sarcoptiformes; Scotland; Soil composition; Soil ecology; Soil microorganisms; soil pH; Soil properties; Soil Science; Synecology; Vegetation; Woodlands; Scotland; United Kingdom; Great Britain; Europe; Archaeobacteria; Biogeography; Scotland; Mesostigmata; Woodland; Fungi; Precipitation; Acari; Dicotyledones; Angiospermae; community composition; Bacteria; Gamasida; Betulaceae; Microbial community; Parasitiformes; Community structure; Composition; Landscape; Betula pubescens; Archaea; Property of soil; Oribatida; Soils; heather moorland; Acariformes; Arachnida; Vegetation type; Arthropoda; Spermatophyta; birch woodland; Invertebrata

We used a landscape-scale study of birch invasion onto heather moorland to determine the consistency of changes in vegetation type and soil properties and in the community composition of five soil organism groups. Our aim was to determine whether the degree to which soil organisms respond to natural...