The effects of large- and small-scale differences in soil temperature and moisture on bacterial functional diversity and the community of bacterivorous nematodes

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-49

  Papatheodorou, E M ^a   Argyropoulou, M D ^a   Stamou, G P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioindicators; Climatic change; Mediterranean grassland; Prey predator relationship

Indexed keywords

ACROBELES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOBUS; CHILOPLACUS; NEMATODA;

EID: 0348196756     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(03)00100-8     Document Type: Article

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