Impacts of ground vegetation management strategies in a kiwifruit orchard on the composition and functioning of the soil biota

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 7-8, 2001, Pages 893-905

  Wardle, D A ^a   Yeates, G W ^b   Bonner, K I ^a   Nicholson, K S ^c   Watson, R N ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Decomposition; Kiwifruit; Microbial biomass; Nematode; Soil food web

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COLLEMBOLA; DECOMPOSITION; FOOD WEB; KIWIFRUIT; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NEW ZEALAND; ORCHARD MANAGEMENT; SAWDUST; SOIL MANAGEMENT; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STATUS; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; HORTICULTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORCHARD; SOIL BIOTA;

NEW ZEALAND;

ACTINIDIA DELICIOSA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COLLEMBOLA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0034978448     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00235-2     Document Type: Article

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