Generalist entomopathogens as biological indicators of deforestation and agricultural land use impacts on waikato soils

New Zealand Journal of Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 189-196

  Barker, C W ^a,c   Barker, G M ^b  

^a Hamilton Boys High School   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural disturbance; Entomopathogenic fungi; Entomopathogenic nematodes; Galleria mellonella; Soil

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOINDICATOR; DEFORESTATION; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FUNGUS; NEMATODE; SOIL FAUNA;

BEAUVERIA BASSIANA; HETERORHABDITIS ZEALANDICA; METARHIZIUM ANISOPLIAE; NEMATODA; PAECILOMYCES CICADAE; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE; TARCHIUM;

EID: 0032469698     PISSN: 01106465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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