Do mites and Collembola affect pine litter fungal biomass and microbial respiration?

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 209-213

  Kaneko, Nobuhiro ^a,c   McLean, Mary Ann ^b   Parkinson, Dennis ^b  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fungal biomass; Fungal grazing; Microbial respiration; Onychiurus subtenuis; Oppiella nova

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001411744     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00077-8     Document Type: Article

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