The detritus food-web and the diversity of soil fauna as indicators of disturbance regimes in agro-ecosystems

David A. Wardle; G. W. Yeates; R.N. Watson; K. S. Nicholson

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The detritus food-web and the diversity of soil fauna as indicators of disturbance regimes in agro-ecosystems

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An ongoing study initiated in August 1990 investigated the effects of disturbances (organic mulching, cultivation, herbicides) on the detritus food-web in annual (maize) and perennial (asparagus) cropping systems. In this paper we attempt to simultaneously assess the...

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