Nematode and microarthropod communities: Comparative use of soil quality bioindicators in covered dump and natural soils

Environmental Bioindicators

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-46

  Menta, Cristina ^a,b   Leoni, Alan ^a   Bardini, Marika ^a   Gardi, Ciro ^a   Gatti, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Maturity Index; Microarthropods; Nematode; QBS ar; Waste dump

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 42249106984     PISSN: 15555275     EISSN: 15555267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15555270701885762     Document Type: Article

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