Vegetation Heterogeneity Effects on Soil Macro-Arthropods in an Alpine Tundra of the Changbai Mountains, China
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Taxonomic Composition of Soil Macro-Arthropod Communities
2.2. Diversity Characteristics of Soil Macro-Arthropods
2.3. Correlation of Soil Macro-Arthropod Communities to Vegetation Heterogeneity
3. Discussion
3.1. Distribution Patterns of Soil Macro-Arthropods
3.2. Structure of the Soil Macro-Arthropod Communities
3.3. Effects of Vegetation Heterogeneity on Soil Macro-Arthropods
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Site Descriptions
4.2. Sampling Design
4.3. Statistical Analysis
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Habitats | Location | Elevation (m) | Soil Organic Matter (g/kg) | Total N (g/kg) | Clay Particle (%) | Sand Grains (%) | Plant Diversity | Plant Biomass (g/m2) |
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Vaccinium uliginosum habitat | 42°24′7.18″ N 128°5′48.99″ E | 2250 | 27.23 | 9.74 | 6.09 | 39.94 | 0.91 | 1632 |
Sanguisorba sitchensis habitat | 42°22′23.3″ N 128°5′53.0″ E | 2260 | 11.87 | 5.99 | 9.75 | 12.22 | 1.36 | 686.4 |
Rhododendron aureum habitat | 42°23′56.9″ N 128°8′20.4″ E | 2253 | 20.33 | 8.78 | 9.68 | 23.41 | 1.14 | 496 |
Deyeuxia angustifolia habitat | 42°24′51.8″ N 128°8′33.9″ E | 2245 | 21.11 | 7.72 | 7.46 | 33.12 | 1.71 | 1268.8 |
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Tao, Y.; Wang, Z.; Ma, C.; He, H.; Xu, J.; Jin, Y.; Wang, H.; Zheng, X. Vegetation Heterogeneity Effects on Soil Macro-Arthropods in an Alpine Tundra of the Changbai Mountains, China. Plants 2019, 8, 418. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8100418
Tao Y, Wang Z, Ma C, He H, Xu J, Jin Y, Wang H, Zheng X. Vegetation Heterogeneity Effects on Soil Macro-Arthropods in an Alpine Tundra of the Changbai Mountains, China. Plants. 2019; 8(10):418. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8100418
Chicago/Turabian StyleTao, Yan, Zhongqiang Wang, Chen Ma, Hongshi He, Jiawei Xu, Yinghua Jin, Haixia Wang, and Xiaoxue Zheng. 2019. "Vegetation Heterogeneity Effects on Soil Macro-Arthropods in an Alpine Tundra of the Changbai Mountains, China" Plants 8, no. 10: 418. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8100418