Effect of density and species richness of soil mesofauna on nutrient mineralisation and plant growth

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 337-343

  Cole, Lisa ^a,c   Dromph, Karsten M ^a   Boaglio, Vincent ^a,b   Bardgett, Richard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UFR of Life Sci and the Environment   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Nutrient mineralisation; Soil fauna; Species density

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; MINERALIZATION; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL NUTRIENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ANIMALIA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE;

EID: 2142786746     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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