Soil biodiversity: Myth, reality or conning?

Oikos

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 3-24

  André, Henri M ^a,b   Ducarme, Xavier ^b   Lebrun, Philippe ^b  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; SAMPLING BIAS; SOIL FAUNA;

FUNGI;

EID: 0036112316     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.11216.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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