The effects of bacterivorous mites and amoebae on mineralization in a detrital based below-ground food web; microcosm experiment and simulation of interactions

Pedobiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 481-493

  Vreeken Buijs, M J ^a   Geurs, M ^a   De Ruiter, P C ^a   Brussaard, L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba spec.; Histiostoma litorale; Microcosm; Mineralization; Simulation model; Soil

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA; BACTERIVORY; FOOD WEB; MINERALIZATION; MITE; SOIL NUTRIENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOENA; ACARI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HISTIOSTOMA; HISTIOSTOMA LITORALE; HISTIOSTOMATIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030779503     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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