Biodiversity and soil functioning - From black box to can of worms?

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-108

  Andren O ^a   Balandreau, J ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Ecosystem stability; Functional redundancy; Soil biodiversity; Spatial heterogeneity; Sustainable use of soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032831907     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(99)00025-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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