Oribatid mites enhance the recovery of the microbial community after a strong disturbance

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 175-181

  Maraun, Mark ^a   Visser, Suzanne ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^c  

^a Abteilung Okologie   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Microbial biomass; Microcosms; Microfungi; Oribatid mites; Resilience

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001056601     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00072-9     Document Type: Article

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