Effects of organic matter removal on the soil food web: Forestry practices meet ecological theory

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 137-143

  Bengtsson, Jan ^a   Lundkvist, Heléne ^a   Saetre, Peter ^a   Sohlenius, Björn ^b   Solbreck, Berit ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Donor control; Microbial community; Productivity; Soil animals; Trophic interactions; Whole tree harvesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000436627     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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