Effects of outbreak of the train millipede Parafontaria laminata armigera Verhoeff (Diplopoda: Xystodesmidae) on litter decomposition in a natural beech forest in Central Japan. 1. Density and biomass of soil invertebrates

Ecological Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 41-53

  Niijima, Keiko ^a  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Biomass; Density; Parafontaria laminata armigera VERHOEFF; Soil invertebrates

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOREST; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL INVERTEBRATE; SOIL PROPERTIES;

JAPAN;

DIPLOPODA; FAGUS CRENATA; PARAFONTARIA LAMINATA; PARAFONTARIA LAMINATA ARMIGERA; QUERCUS MONGOLICA GROSSESERRATA; XYSTODESMIDAE;

EID: 0031774507     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.1998.00242.x     Document Type: Article

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