Spatial variation in biodiversity and trophic structure of soil nematode communities in a subtropical savanna parkland: Responses to woody plant encroachment

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 168-176

  Biederman, Lori A ^a   Boutton, Thomas W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition pathways; Faunal analysis; Prosopis glandulosa; Soil food webs

Indexed keywords

NEMATODA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS GLANDULOSA;

EID: 77957343438     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.08.014     Document Type: Article

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