Folsomia candida, a 'fungivorous' collembolan, feeds preferentially on nematodes rather than soil fungi

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 689-690

  Lee, Queena ^a   Widden, Paul ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; FUNGI; NEMATODA;

EID: 0030115528     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-0717(95)00158-1     Document Type: Article

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