Short-term impacts of aboveground herbivory (grasshopper) on the abundance and 14C activity of soil nematodes in conventional tillage and no-till agroecosytems

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1253-1258

  Fu, Shenglei ^a   Kisselle, Keith W ^a   Coleman, David C ^a   Hendrix, Paul F ^a   Crossley Jr , D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Grazing; Isotope; Soil nematodes; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGROECOSYSTEM; CARBON 14; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; NO TILLAGE SYSTEM; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; UNITED STATES;

ABUNDANCE; AGROECOLOGY; GRASSHOPPER; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; NEMATODE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TILLAGE;

GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

NEMATODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0034953750     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(01)00031-1     Document Type: Article

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