Successional changes in microbial biomass, activity and nutrient status in faecal material of the slug Arion rufus (Gastropoda) deposited after feeding on different plant materials

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 569-577

  Theenhaus, Anne ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a Abteilung Okologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM URSINUM; ARION RUFUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; GASTROPODA; MERCURIALIS PERENNIS;

EID: 0030115155     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00161-1     Document Type: Article

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