Effects of manipulated soil microclimate on mesofaunal biomass and diversity

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 313-322

  Harte, John ^a   Rawa, Agneiszka ^b   Price, Vanessa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; MESOFAUNA; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROCLIMATE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0029661477     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00139-5     Document Type: Article

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