Biological and chemical properties of fen soils affected by anthills of Myrmica spp.

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-78

  Pȩtal, Joanna ^a   Chmielewski, Krzysztof ^b   Kusińska, Alina ^c,d   Kaczorowska, Renata ^b   Stachurski, Antoni ^a   Zimka, Jerzy ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anthills; Humus fractions; Soil biological activity

Indexed keywords

ANT; FEN; POROSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTY;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; MYRMICA;

EID: 0242417112     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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