Mammalian steroid hormones can reduce abundance and affect the sex ratio in a soil nematode community

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 275-279

  Hu, Cheng ^a,b   Hermann, Galit ^a   Pen Mouratov, Stanislav ^a   Shore, Laurence ^c   Steinberger, Yosef ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Estrone; Progesterone; Sex ratio; Soil nematode community; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MAMMAL; NEMATODE; OMNIVORY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR; SEX RATIO; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STEROID; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; NEMATODA;

EID: 80051588893     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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