A multi-scale study of soil macrofauna biodiversity in Amazonian pastures

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 300-305

  Mathieu, Jérôme ^a,b   Rossi, Jean Pierre ^c   Grimaldi, Michel ^b   Mora, Philippe ^a,b   Lavelle, Patrick ^b   Rouland, Corinne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Amazonia; Hierarchy; Pasture; Scale; Soil biodiversity

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; PASTURE; SOIL BIOTA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; FORMICIDAE; ISOPTERA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 8744228113     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-004-0777-8     Document Type: Article

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