Effect of undergrowth-clearing on evergreen leaf litter decomposition and colonization by microarthropods

Pedobiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 289-301

  Poinsot Balaguer, Nicole ^a  

^a Fac des Sci et Techniques   (France)

Author keywords

evergreen oak; Litter decomposition; microarthropod populations; undergrowth clearing

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MICROARTHROPOD;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 0030303666     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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