Interactions between dung, plants and the dung fauna in a heathland in northern Italy

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-109

  Borghesio, Luca ^a   Luzzatto, Michele ^a   Palestrini, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dung degradation; Dung fauna; Europe; Plant growth

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DEGRADATION; FECES; GROWTH; HEATHLAND; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

(NORTH); ITALY;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 0032783988     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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