Feeding activities of soil organisms at four different forest sites in Central Amazonia using the bait lamina method

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-320

  Römbke, Jörg ^a   Höfert, Hubert ^b   Garcia, Marcos V B ^c   Martius, Christopher ^d  

^a ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTION AND BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE   (Germany)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bait lamina test; Decomposition; Feeding activity; Soil fauna; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOME; CORRELATION; DECOMPOSITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; LAMIINAE; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 33645857062     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467406003166     Document Type: Article

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