Soil animals and ecosystem processes: How much does nutrient cycling explain?

Pedobiologia

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 367-373

  Nieminen, Jouni K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Microcosms experiments; Nitrogen mineralization; Soil fauna; Trophic dynamics

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; TROPHIC CASCADE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 41449084444     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2007.09.001     Document Type: Article

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