Soil macrofauna under two grazing systems

Cuban Journal of Agricultural Science

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 415-422

  Rodriguez, Idalmis ^a   Crespo, G ^a   Torres, Verena ^a   Fraga, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA ANIMAL   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Diversity; Grazing systems; Soil macrofauna

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033294287     PISSN: 08640408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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