Soil biodiversity monitoring in Europe: Ongoing activities and challenges

European Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 807-819

  Gardi, C ^a   Montanarella, L ^a   Arrouays, D ^c   Bispo, A ^b   Lemanceau, P ^d   Jolivet, C ^c   Mulder, C ^e   Ranjard, L ^d   Rombke J ^f   Rutgers, M ^e   Menta, C ^g  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ADEME2 ^*  (France)

^c Centre de recherche d'Orléans   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f ECT OEKOTOXIKOLOGIE GMBH   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES INVENTORY;

EID: 70349221676     PISSN: 13510754     EISSN: 13652389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2389.2009.01177.x     Document Type: Article

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