Impacts of eucalypt plantation management on soil faunal communities and nutrient bioavailability: trading function for dependence?

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 637-644

  Aslam, Tiffany J ^a   Benton, Tim G ^a   Nielsen, Uffe N ^b,c   Johnson, Scott N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN SYDNEY UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fertilisation; Microarthropods; Nematodes; Short rotation forestry

Indexed keywords

AGROFORESTRY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CROP ROTATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; EVERGREEN TREE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; IRRIGATION; MITE; NEMATODE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL NUTRIENT; TREE PLANTING;

ACARI; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 84930537509     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-015-1003-6     Document Type: Article

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