Plant and soil macrofauna in 11 microhabitats in temperate woodland were compared.
Winkler bags and hand sorting soil were used to extract invertebrates.
Plant species were more strongly associated with microhabitat differences than invertebrates.
Deadwood microhabitats had a distinct fauna of saproxylic leaf litter invertebrates.
The disturbed microhabitat was characterised by ruderal plant and earthworm species.