Highly diverse urban soil communities: Does stochasticity play a major role?

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• 作者：Tancredi Caruso^a ; ^{t.caruso@qub.ac.uk} ; ^{tancredicaruso@gmail.com} ; Massimo Migliorini^b ; Emilia Rota^c ; Roberto Bargagli^c
• 关键词：Soil biota ; Oribatida ; Urban biodiversity ; Disturbance ; Stochasticity ; Beta diversity
• 刊名：Applied Soil Ecology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：110
• 期：Complete
• 页码：73-78
• 全文大小：454 K
• 卷排序：110

文摘

Stochastic dynamics may underlie high urban soil animal biodiversity. We tested the hypothesis in holm oak woodlands in two Mediterranean cities. Soil properties, microbiology and pollution accounted for low community variance. Patterns of beta diversity were consistent with neutral models at local scales. Disturbance and environmental variation play a significant but not major role at broader scales.