Spatial soil ecology

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 177-183

  Ettema, Christien H ^a   Wardle, David A ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SPATIAL VARIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; REVIEW; SOIL; SOIL BACTERIUM; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 0036532020     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02496-5     Document Type: Review

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