Soil nematode diversity: Species coexistence and ecosystem function

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-169

  Ettema, Christien H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbance; Ecology; Ecosystem function; Functional redundancy; Nematode; Niche partitioning; Soil; Species coexistence; Species diversity; Trophic groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032362327     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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