Soil fauna in grazed New Zealand hill country pastures at two management intensities

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 218-228

  Schon, N L ^a   Mackay, A D ^b   Minor, M A ^a   Yeates, G W ^c   Hedley, M J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Fertility; Mesofauna; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ORIBATIDA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 50649084128     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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