Soil management to enhance bacterivore and fungivore nematode populations and their nitrogen mineralisation function

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-35

  Ferris, H ^a   Venette, R C ^b   Scow, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Management; Mineralisation; Nematodes; Soil food web; Succession

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0348196758     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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