Soil nematodes as indicators of the effect of management on grasslands in the New England Tablelands (NSW): Effect of measures for control of parasites of sheep

Pedobiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 537-548

  Yeates, G W ^a   Waller, P J ^b,c   King, K L ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anthelmintics; Biological control; Duddingtonia flagrans; Grassland; Nematodes; Nematophagous fungi; Sheep parasites

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GRASSLAND MANAGEMENT; PARASITE CONTROL; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DUDDINGTONIA; DUDDINGTONIA FLAGRANS; FUNGI; NEMATODA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030859549     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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