Springtail diversity in South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 107, Issue 11-12, 2011, Pages

  Janion, Charlene ^a   Bedos, Anne ^b   Bengtsson, Jan ^c   Deharveng, Louis ^b   Van Vuuren, Bettine Jansen ^a   Leinaas, Hans Petter ^d   Liu, Amy ^a   Malmström, Anna ^c   MalmströmPorco, David ^e   Chown, Steven L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINDICATOR; INSECT; LAND USE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION TYPE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

COLLEMBOLA; CRYPTOPYGUS; GALENIA AFRICANA; ISOTOMIDAE;

EID: 80855141039     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: 19967489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v107i11/12.582     Document Type: Article

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