Leaf litter processing of Anacardium excelsum in a tropical intermittent stream of Northwestern Venezuela;Procesamiento de la Hojarasca de Anacardium excelsum en Una Corriente Intermitente Tropical del Noroeste de Venezuela

Interciencia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Rincón, José Elí ^a   Martínez, Iliana ^b,c   León, Erika ^b   Ávila, Nerjuntes ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE ORIENTE   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECOMPOSITION; MICROORGANISMS;

LEAF LITTER; LITTER BAGS; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANACARDIUM; ANACARDIUM EXCELSUM; ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 18344372580     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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