Regulation of decomposer community structure and decomposition processes in herbicide stressed humus soil

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-274

  Salminen, Janne ^a,b   Setälä, Heikki ^a   Haimi, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Community regulation; Ecosystem function; Herbicide stress; Predation; Soil decomposer food web

Indexed keywords

ACARI; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA; TARDIGRADA;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECOMPOSER COMMUNITY; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; HERBICIDE; TERBUTHYLAZINE;

EID: 0031392449     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(97)00021-8     Document Type: Article

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