Seasonal and land-use induced variations of soil macrofauna composition in the Western Ghats, southern India

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1093-1104

  Rossi, Jean Pierre ^a,c   Blanchart, Eric ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Acacia plantation; Agricultural systems; Between within classes PCA; Land uses; Primary forest; Soil macrofauna; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

EARTHWORMS; MILLIPEDES; SOIL MACFROFAUNA; WEAKLY DISTRIBUTED FORESTS;

SOILS;

LAND USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL FAUNA; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FORESTS; LAND USE; PLANTS; SOIL; STATISTICAL METHODS;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS; WORLD;

ACACIA; ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS; DIPLOPODA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PHOENIX;

EID: 15244358537     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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