Fractal concepts in studies of soil fauna

Developments in Soil Science

Volumn 27, Issue C, 2000, Pages 193-210

  Kampichler, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

abundance:body size distribution; animal movement; fractals; habitat complexity; scaling regions; soil fauna

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0004358579     PISSN: 01660918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2481(00)80013-6     Document Type: Article

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