Biotic indices based on soil nematode communities for assessing soil quality in terrestrial ecosystems

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 247, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 253-261

  Urzelai, Arantzazu ^a   Hernández, Ana Jesús ^b   Pastor, Jesús ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity; Maturity; Nematodes; Soil disturbance; Trophic structure

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; BIOTIC FACTOR; NEMATODE; SOIL QUALITY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; NEMATODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NEMATODA; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPAIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

NEMATODA;

EID: 0342615083     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00494-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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