Microbial activity in the mounds of some Australian termites

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 183-187

  Holt, J A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Microbial biomass; Mound soil; Termites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000395437     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00073-0     Document Type: Article

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