Ecology of Soil Fauna in a Desertified System

Foreword 1
Foreword 2
Preface
Chapter 1 Concept， Classification， and Research Method of Soil Fauna
Section 1 Concept and classification ofsoil fauna
Section 2 Research methods of soil fauna
Chapter 2 Effects of Desertification and the Stabilization of Sand Dunes on Soil Faunal Community Distribution
Section 1 Effects of desertification on macroinvertebrate drversity in grassland soils
Section 2 Effects of the stabilization of sand dunes on soil macrofaunal community distribution
Chapter 3 Effects of Restored Management on Soil Faunal Community Distribution
Section 1 Influences of exclusion management versus livestock grazing on soil macrofaunal diversity
Section 2 Effect of naturally versus manually restored management practices on ground—active arthropod communities
Chapter 4 Effect of Grassland Cultivation on Soil Faunal Community Distribution
Section 1 Effect of grassland cultivation versus grazing exclusion on soilmacrofaunal comniunity
Section 2 Changes of soil macrofaunal communities along a cultivated cropland chronosequences
Chapter 5 Effect of Land Use／Cover Changes on Soil Faunal Community Distribution
Section 1 Effect of selective afforestation on soil macrofaunal community in shifting sandy lands
Section 2 Soil arthropod communities associated with local land use／cover changes
Chapter 6 Shrub Cover Acted as a Stimulus of Soil Arthropod Community in Sandy Land
Section 1 Facilitative effects of shrub canopy in shifting sand on soil macrofaunal community
Section 2 Effectiveness of afforested shrub plantation on ground—active arthropod community structure
Chapter 7 Temporal—spatial Distribution of Ground—active Arthropods in Relation to Shrub Cover
Section 1 Ground—active arthropod diversity response to the proximity of shrub cover
Section 2 Seasonal diversity of ground—active arthropods in age—related shrub microhabitats
Chapter 8 "Arthropod Island" Formation and Its Relation to Grazing Management
Section 1 "Arthropod Island" acted by shrub cover and its formation mechanism
Section 2 "Arthropod Island" contributed by shrub canopy associated with livestock grazing management
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