Vulnerability of soil invertebrate communities to the influences of livestock in three grasslands

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-107

  Schon, N L ^a   Mackay, A D ^b   Minor, M A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Mowing; N and P fertilisation; Nematoda; Oribatida; Treading pressure

Indexed keywords

INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 83455262375     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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