Soil macrofauna communities in Brazilian Amazonia

Soil Biodiversity in Amazonian and other Brazilian Ecosystems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 43-55

  Barros, E ^a   Mathieu, J ^b   Tapia Coral, S ^a   Nascimentol, A R L ^a   Lavelle, P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

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