Nematode communities in organically and conventionally managed agricultural soils

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 142-154

  Neher, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Conventional farming; Ecology; Maturity index; Monitoring; Nematode; Ordination; Organic farming; Reference sites; Trophic diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033244890     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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