Nematode communities as indicators of status and processes of a soil ecosystem influenced by agricultural management practices

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 69-86

  Porazinska, D L ^a   Duncan, L W ^b   McSorley, R ^c   Graham, J H ^b  

^a Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural practices; Bioindicator; Citrus; Diversity; Ecological indices; Maturity index; Nematode community; Soil ecosystem; Sustainability; Sustainable agriculture; Trophic group

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FERTILIZATION; SOIL; UNITED STATES;

ACROBELES; ACROBELOIDES; APHELENCHOIDES; APHELENCHUS; APORCELAIMELLUS; BELONOLAIMUS; CEPHALOBUS; CITRUS; CRICONEMOIDES; EUCEPHALOBUS; EUDORYLAIMUS; NEMATODA; PLECTUS; TERATOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0032888152     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(99)00018-9     Document Type: Article

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