The influence of millipedes on selected soil elements: A microcosm study on three species occurring on coastal sand dunes

Functional Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-59

  Smit, A M ^a,b   Van Aarde, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Microcosms; Millipedes; Species composition; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; DUNE; SAND; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

EID: 0035128843     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2001.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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