Pressure plate studies to determine how moisture affects access of bacterial-feeding nematodes to food in soil

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 355-365

  Yeates, G W ^a   Dando, J L ^a   Shepherd, T G ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NEMATODE; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL MOISTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CEPHALOBUS; INVERTEBRATA; MERMITHIDA; NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS; RHABDITIS;

EID: 0036711583     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2389.2002.00466.x     Document Type: Article

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