Biodiversity of collembola in urban soils and the use of Folsomia candida to assess soil 'quality'

Ecotoxicology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 555-572

  Fountain, M T ^a   Hopkin, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn; Collembola; diversity; Folsomia candida; metal

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; METAL; ZINC;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTION MONITORING; SOIL QUALITY; URBAN POLLUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CALCULATION; CERATOPHYSELLA DENTICULATA; COLLEMBULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; GEOMETRY; INSECT; ISOTOMURUS PALUSTRIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SOIL POLLUTION; SPAIN; SPRINGTAIL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BIODIVERSITY; CADMIUM; CITIES; COPPER; ENGLAND; LEAD; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; ZINC;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WOLVERHAMPTON [ENGLAND];

ANIMALIA; CANDIDA; CERATOPHYSELLA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; INSECTA; ISOTOMIDAE; ISOTOMURUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 4344658139     PISSN: 09639292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ECTX.0000037192.70167.00     Document Type: Article

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