Microbial conditioning of leaf litter and feeding by the wood-louse Porcellio scaber

Pedobiologia

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 397-401

  Daniel, O ^a,b   Schonholzer F ^a   Ehlers, S ^a   Zeyer, J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food conditioning; Microbial biomass; Porcellio scaber

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; WOODLOUSE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FAGUS; FUNGI; ISOPODA; PHTHIRAPTERA; PORCELLIO SCABER; QUERCUS;

EID: 1842292107     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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