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Effect of sand-dune slope orientation on soil free-living nematode abundance and diversity Cover

Effect of sand-dune slope orientation on soil free-living nematode abundance and diversity

Helminthologia
Volume 47 (2010): Issue 3 (September 2010)
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|Oct 2010
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-010-0027-6 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
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Language: English
Page range: 179 - 188
Published on: Oct 9, 2010
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
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Keywords:
desert ecosystem,
dune,
ecological indices,
nematode communities,
slope orientation,
trophic groups
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Zoology,
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