Suitability of wheat straw decomposition, cotton strip degradation and bait-lamina feeding tests to determine soil invertebrate activity

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-123

  Gestel, Cornelis A M ^a   Kruidenier, Maaike ^a   Berg, Matty P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Collembola; Decomposition; Earthworms; Microbial activity; Mites

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; DECOMPOSITION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SOIL BIOTA; STRAW;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; COLLEMBOLA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INVERTEBRATA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0037304237     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-002-0575-0     Document Type: Article

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