Response of soil microflora to changes in nematode abundance - Evidence for large scale effects in grassland soil

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 385-391

  Sonnemann, Ilja ^a   Dogan, Hülya ^a   Klein, Annette ^a   Pieper, Barbara ^a   Ekschmitt, Klemens ^a   Wolters, Volkmar ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biolog assay; CO2 production; Grassland; Microcosms; Microflora; Nematodes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038576566     PISSN: 14368730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1522-2624(199908)162:4<385::AID-JPLN385>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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