Soil Food Web Changes during Spontaneous Succession at Post Mining Sites: A Possible Ecosystem Engineering Effect on Food Web Organization?

Jan Frouz; Elisa Thébault; Václav Pižl; Sina Adl; Tomáš Cajthaml; Petr Baldrián; Ladislav Háněl; Josef Starý; Karel Tajovský; Jan Materna; Alena Nováková; Peter C. de Ruiter

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0079694

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Soil Food Web Changes during Spontaneous Succession at Post Mining Sites: A Possible Ecosystem Engineering Effect on Food Web Organization?

Jan Frouz ,

* E-mail: frouz@natur.cuni.cz

Affiliations Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Centre Academy of Sciences of the Czech Cepublic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, Institute for Environmental Studies, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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Elisa Thébault,

Affiliation Laboratoire Biogéochimie et Ecologie des Milieux Continentaux Unité mixte de recherche 7618, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris, France
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Václav Pižl,

Affiliation Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Centre Academy of Sciences of the Czech Cepublic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Sina Adl,

Affiliation Department of Soil Science, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada
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Tomáš Cajthaml,

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Cepublic, Prague , Czech Republic
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Petr Baldrián,

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology Academy of Sciences of the Czech Cepublic, Prague , Czech Republic
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Ladislav Háněl,

Affiliation Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Centre Academy of Sciences of the Czech Cepublic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Josef Starý,

Affiliation Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Centre Academy of Sciences of the Czech Cepublic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Karel Tajovský,

Affiliation Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Centre Academy of Sciences of the Czech Cepublic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Jan Materna,

Affiliation Krkonoše National Park, Museum of Krkonoše in Vrchlabí, Vrchlabí, Czech Republic
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Alena Nováková,

Affiliation Institute of Soil Biology, Biology Centre Academy of Sciences of the Czech Cepublic, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Peter C. de Ruiter

Affiliation Biometris, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Soil Food Web Changes during Spontaneous Succession at Post Mining Sites: A Possible Ecosystem Engineering Effect on Food Web Organization?

Jan Frouz,
Elisa Thébault,
Václav Pižl,
Sina Adl,
Tomáš Cajthaml,
Petr Baldrián,
Ladislav Háněl,
Josef Starý,
Karel Tajovský,
Jan Materna

Published: November 19, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0079694

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