Composite sampling enhances the confidence of soil microarthropod abundance and species richness estimates

Pedobiologia

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-74

  Bruckner, A ^a   Barth, G ^b   Scheibengraf, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Abundance; Aliquot; Bulk sample; Composite sampling; Method; Microarthropods; Sampling design; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034003020     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S0031-4056(04)70028-1     Document Type: Article

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