1. Correlation between mite community structure and gross N fluxes
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Osler, Graham H.R., Recous, Sylvie, Fillery, Ian R.P., Gauci, Craig S., Zhu, Chunya, and Abbott, Lynette K.
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MITES , *SOILS , *SOIL animals - Abstract
Net nitrogen (N) mineralisation rate is the result of two independent processes: gross N mineralisation and N immobilisation. Techniques for determining these rates have only been developed recently and no studies have examined the relationship between soil fauna and these two components of net N mineralisation. We present data which demonstrates that mite community structure, described using the Shannon index, is correlated with gross N immobilisation rates in the Western Australian wheat belt. These results suggest that examining the impacts of mites on gross N fluxes is warranted. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2004
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