Effects of management practices on nematode community structure in tallgrass prairie

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-246

  Todd, T C ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fire; Mowing; Nematode; Nitrogen; Tallgrass prairie; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001115915     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-1393(95)00088-7     Document Type: Article

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