Correlation between mite community structure and gross N fluxes
2004
Osler, Graham | Recous, Sylvie | Fillery, Ian | Gauci, Craig | Zhu, Chunya | Abbott, Lynette | The University of Western Australia (UWA) | Unité de Recherche Agronomie Laon-Reims-Mons (UA LRM) ; Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) | Plant Industry ; Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation [Australia] (CSIRO)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. 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.
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