Leaf litter decomposition and soil microarthropods affected by sulphur dioxide fallout

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 189-199

  Bressan, M ^a   Paoletti, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collembola; Decomposers; Leaf litter decomposition; Microarthropods; Pollutant fallout; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

COLLEMBOLA; RIPARIA;

ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MICROARTHROPOD; POLLUTANT; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL POLLUTION; SULPHUR DIOXIDE;

ITALY, PO RIVER ORG COLLEMBOLA;

EID: 0031408799     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-145x(199709)8:3<189::aid-ldr251>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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