Testing the usefulness of habitat corridors in mitigating the negative effects of fragmentation: The soil faunal community as a model system

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-274

  Rantalainen, Minna Liisa ^a   Haimi, Jari ^a   Setälä, Heikki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Habitat corridors; Humus soil; Mesocosms; Patchy environment; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

ENCHYTRAEIDAE;

EID: 1242265780     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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