Abundance and diversity of soil invertebrates in annual crops, agroforestry and forest ecosystems in the Nilgiri biosphere reserve of Western Ghats, India

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 165-177

  Mujeeb Rahman, P M ^a   Varma, R V ^a   Sileshi, G W ^b  

^a KERALA FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CHITEDZE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH STATION   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Biodiversity; Homegarden; Macrofauna; Taxonomic sufficiency

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROFORESTRY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; HOME GARDEN; INSECT; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; LAND USE CHANGE; MONOCULTURE; PLANTATION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

INDIA; NILGIRI BIOSPHERE RESERVE; TAMIL NADU;

ARANEAE; CHILOPODA; COLEOPTERA; DIPLOPODA; FORMICIDAE; GRYLLIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA;

EID: 84861336992     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-011-9386-3     Document Type: Article

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