A hierarchical approach to evaluating the significance of soil biodiversity to biogeochemical cycling

Plant and Soil

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 5-22

  Beare, M H ^a   Coleman, D C ^a   Crossley Jr , D A ^a   Hendrix, P F ^a   Odum, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

biodiversity; biogeochemistry; biotic interactions; detritusphere; drilosphere; functional groups; keystone species; microsites; nutrient cycling; porosphere; rhizosphere; spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLING; SOIL BIOTA;

EID: 0029474101     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02183051     Document Type: Article

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