The effects of clearing and subsequent land-use on abundance and biomass of soil nematodes in tropical forest

Pedobiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 279-294

  Hodda, M ^a,c   Bloomersl, G F ^a   Lawton, J H ^a   Lambshcad, P J D ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clearance; Land use; Nematodes; Soil; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

NEMATODA;

EID: 0030769626     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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