Functional ecology of soil organisms in tundra ecosystems: Towards the future

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 111-126

  Hodkinson, I D ^a   Wookey, P A ^b  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctic soil; Biodiversity; Climate change; Community structure and function; Tundra ecosystem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033042958     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00142-5     Document Type: Review

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