Soil fauna communities in cedar-hemlock and hemlock-amabalis fir forest types on northern Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Soil fauna play an important role in regulating decomposition and nutrient cycling. They are able to process a portion of the annual litter input thus decreasing forest litter, increasing microbial activity and increasing mineralization of nutrients. The faunal composition of most Canadian soils ha...
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| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/3160 |