Soil invertebrates as indicators of soil quality

Methods for Assessing Soil Quality

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 273-291

  Blair, John M ^a   Bohlen, Patrick J ^b   Freckman, Diana W ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthworm sampling procedure; Functional groups; Nematode sampling procedures; Soil invertebrate; Soil quality assessment; Soil quality indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 85104303916     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaspecpub49.c16     Document Type: Chapter

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