Linking above- and below-ground biodiversity: Abundance and trophic complexity in soil as a response to experimental plant communities on abandoned arable land

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 506-514

  Korthals, G W ^a,c   Smilauer, P ^b   Van Dijk, C ^a   Van Der Putten, W H ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c Applied Research for Arable Farming and Field Production of Vegetables PAV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Nematodes; Old field succession; Restoration; Set aside; Soil food web

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

EID: 0034878925     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00551.x     Document Type: Article

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