Response of soil invertebrates to reduced tillage systems established on a clay loam soil

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 423-428

  Neave, P ^a   Fox, C A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abundance; Cryptozoic fauna; Reduced tillage; Richness; Soil arthropods

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0041778182     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00100-0     Document Type: Article

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