The effects of forest disturbance on diversity of tropical soil nematodes

Oecologia

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 575-582

  Bloemers, G F ^a,c   Hodda, M ^a,d   Lambshead, P J D ^a   Lawton, J H ^b   Wanless, F R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nematodes; Population abundance; Species richness; Trophic groups

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST SOIL; NEMATODE COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TROPICAL FOREST;

CAMEROON, MBALMAYO FOREST RESERVE;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0030819589     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050274     Document Type: Article

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