Soil microarthropod assemblages under different arable crop rotations in Alberta, Canada

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 71-78

  Osler, G H R ^a   Harrison, L ^a   Kanashiro, D K ^a   Clapperton, M J ^a  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Organic farming; Oribatid mites; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ACARI; BRACHYCHTHONIIDAE; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 35548963869     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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