Assessment of soil-quality index based on microarthropods in corn cultivation in Northern Italy

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-135

  Aspetti, Gian Paolo ^a   Boccelli, Raffaella ^a   Ampollini, Danio ^a   Del Re, Attilio A M ^a   Capri, Ettore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; BSQ; Indicator; Terrestrial organisms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOILS; AVERAGE VALUES; BASIN SCALE; BIOLOGICAL SOIL; BSQ; CLIMATIC VARIATION; CORN CULTIVATION; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; FIELD TEST; INDICATOR; MICROARTHROPODS; NORTHERN ITALY; PO VALLEY; QUALITY INDICES; QUALITY MONITORING; REFERENCE VALUES; SCALE EFFECTS; SHORT DISTANCES; SHORT PERIODS; SOIL ENVIRONMENT; TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS;

BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

SOILS;

ARTHROPOD; BIOINDICATOR; ESTIMATION METHOD; MAIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL STABILIZATION; STANDARDIZATION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PO VALLEY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70449133300     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2009.03.012     Document Type: Article

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