A framework for soil food web diagnostics: Extension of the nematode faunal analysis concept

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 13-29

  Ferris, H ^a   Bongers, T ^b   De Goede, R G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Channel index; Enrichment index; Faunal diagrams; Faunal profiles; Nematode guilds; Structure index

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD WEB; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NEMATODE;

METAZOA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034891726     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(01)00152-4     Document Type: Article

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