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Soil Fauna Comparisons in Healthy and Declining Norway Spruce Stands

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Forest Decline and Air Pollution

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 77))

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The several hundred species of soil fauna which take part in different terrestrial decomposition processes either consume dead plant material (saprophagous), mutually interact with microbial organisms (microphytophagous), or prey upon other organisms (carnivorous). While soil fauna communities in the European spruce forests perform this general function, data on their specific structure and function are limited to some studies from Scandinavia (Abrahamsen 1972a,b; Huhta and Koskenniemi 1975; Nordström and Rundgren 1973; Petersen and Luxton 1982) and West Germany (Thiede 1977; Ellenberg et al. 1986; Funke 1986).

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  1. Lehrstuhl für Pflanzenökologie, der Universität Bayreuth, Universitätsstraße 30, 8580, Bayreuth, Germany

    Ernst-Detlef Schulze

  2. Lehrstuhl für Botanik II, der Universität Würzburg, Mittlerer Dallenbergweg 64, 8700, Würzburg, Germany

    Otto L. Lange

  3. School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Duke University, Durham, North Carlina, 27706, USA

    Ram Oren

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Hartmann, P., Scheitler, M., Fischer, R. (1989). Soil Fauna Comparisons in Healthy and Declining Norway Spruce Stands. In: Schulze, ED., Lange, O.L., Oren, R. (eds) Forest Decline and Air Pollution. Ecological Studies, vol 77. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61332-6_8

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