Response of the soil nematode community in a shortgrass steppe to long-term and short-term grazing

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 39-44

  Wall Freckman, Diana ^a   Huang, Shiou Pin ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ecosystem; Grasslands; Nematodes; Soil food web; Trophic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002611063     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00051-1     Document Type: Article

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