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Food web diagnostics and functional diversity of soil inhabiting nematodes in a natural woodland Cover

Food web diagnostics and functional diversity of soil inhabiting nematodes in a natural woodland

Helminthologia
Volume 46 (2009): Issue 3 (September 2009)
By: V. Tomar and  W. Ahmad  
Open Access
|Sep 2009

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-009-0034-7 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 183 - 189
Published on: Sep 8, 2009
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open
Keywords:
Channel index,
enrichment index,
food web diagnostics,
functional diversity,
India,
maturity index
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology,
Ecology,
Life sciences, other,
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Microbiology, virology and infection epidemiology

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