Journal Article10.1016/S1164-5563(01)01095-0
Nematode community structure as indicator of soil functioning in European grassland soils
Klemens Ekschmitt,Gábor Bakonyi,Marina Bongers,Tom Bongers,Sven Boström,Hülya Dogan,Andrew Harrison,Péter Nagy,Anthony G. OˈDonnell,Efimia M. Papatheodorou,Björn Sohlenius,George P. Stamou,Volkmar Wolters +12 more
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TL;DR: A high nematode richness can generally be seen as a good indicator of an active nematofauna and microflora in mineral grassland soils, and hence as an indicator of the decomposition function.
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About: This article is published in European Journal of Soil Biology. The article was published on 01 Nov 2001. The article focuses on the topics: Soil biology & Steppe.
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