Standard methods for assessment of soil biodiversity and land use practice
2001
j.m swift
A major feature of global change in the tropics is that of land use associated with agricultural intensification (Lavelle et al. 1997). In addition to plants, soil is the habitat of a diverse array of organisms: Archean, bacteria, fungi, protozoans, algae and invertebrate animals, the activities of which contribute to the maintenance and productivity of ecosystems by their influence on soil fertility (Hole 1981, Lavelle 1996, Brussaard et al. 1997)
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