Functional aspects of soil animal diversity in agricultural grasslands

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 263-276

  Bardgett, Richard D ^a   Cook, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collembola; Earthworms; Ecosystem processes; Fertilizer; Functional diversity; Land management; Livestock grazing; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001110524     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00125-5     Document Type: Article

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