Soil macro鄄fauna play an important role in soil ecosystems. They are at the top of the entire food web and regulate the availability of resources for other animals by changing biotic or abiotic materials. Knowledge of soil macro鄄faunal guild characteristics is crucial to understanding soil food webs. On the Songnen grassland, located on the northeastern grassland area of China, above ground succession of vegetation can markedly change with soil fauna. The effect of this degradation on the structure and diversity of the below ground soil faunal guild is unknown. In the present study, an investigation of the composition, structure and diversity of the soil macro鄄faunal guild was conducted in the Songnen grassland with six successional stages (Leymus chinensis community; Leymus chinensis+Chloris virgata community, Chloris virgata community,
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