The importance of the biodiversity of soil biota in arid ecosystems

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-195

  Whitford, Walter G ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Diversity; Functional groups; Keystone species; Microarthropods; Nematodes; Protozoans; Termites

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SOIL BIOTA;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; NEMATODA; TYDEIDAE;

EID: 0029661462     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00055829     Document Type: Article

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