Bugs beneath the surface: The functional significance of soil macroinvertebrates to landscape health in Australia’s tropical savannas

Insect Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 307-312

  Dawes Gromadzki, Tracy Zoe ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Land management; Landscape health; Soil function; Soil macroinvertebrates; Tropical savanna

Indexed keywords

EID: 84976239668     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1005-295X.2005.00037.x     Document Type: Article

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