Soil invertebrates as bioindicators of human disturbance

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 21-62

  Paoletti, M G ^a   Bressan, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidic and sulfur pollution; Agricultural operation; Agroecosystems; Bioindicators; Environment pollution; Heavy metals; Landscape structure; Pesticide and herbicide residues; Soil invertebrates; Toxic chemicals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030037539     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352689609701935     Document Type: Article

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