Controls on soil biodiversity: Insights from extreme environments

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-150

  Wall, Diana H ^a   Virginia, Ross A ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deserts; Disturbance; Ecosystem function; Nematodes; Species richness; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032858803     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(99)00029-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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