Effects of the exotic crustacean, Armadillidium vulgare (Isopoda), and other macrofauna on organic matter dynamics in soil microcosms in a hardwood forest in central Florida

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-331

  Frouz, Jan ^a,b   Lobinske, Richard ^c   Kalčík, Jiří ^b   Ali, Arshad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c LEON COUNTY Stormwater Maintenance   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; ISOPOD; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARMADILLIDIUM VULGARE; CRUSTACEA; ISOPODA;

EID: 45849151657     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2008)91[328:EOTECA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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