The Enigma of Soil Animal Species Diversity Revisited: The Role of Small-Scale Heterogeneity

Abstract

Conclusions: Our results provide direct evidence for the hypothesis that small-scale heterogeneity in soils increase species richness of intermediate-sized soil fauna. The concordance of mechanisms between above and belowground communities suggests that the relationship between environmental heterogeneity and species richness may be a general property of ecological communities.

Published in

PLoS ONE
2010, volume: 5, number: 7, article number: e11567
Publisher: PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE

SLU Authors

• Campbell, Colin

  • Department of Soil and Environment, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Soil Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0011567

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/43642