Long-term disturbance effects in the nematode communities of South Mississippi woodlands

Journal of Nematology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 88-97

  Thornton, C W ^a   Matlack, G R ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

Cephalobus; Chronosequence; Disturbance; Ecology; Forest; Helicotylenchus; Nematode; Rhabditidae; Soil; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036619483     PISSN: 0022300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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