Functional implications of soil fauna diversity in boreal forests

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-288

  Huhta, Veikko ^a   Persson, Tryggve ^b   Setälä, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Decomposition; Forest soil; Mineralisation; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000844733     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00126-7     Document Type: Article

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