Soil nematode functional diversity, successional patterns, and indicator taxa associated with vertebrate decomposition hotspots

• Lois S. Taylor ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Ltaylo32@vols.utk.edu (LST); jdebruyn@utk.edu (JMD)

  Affiliation Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2401-8382

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• Gary Phillips,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Ernest C. Bernard,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Jennifer M. DeBruyn

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Ltaylo32@vols.utk.edu (LST); jdebruyn@utk.edu (JMD)

  Affiliation Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2993-4144

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