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Standard methods for assessment of soil biodiversity and land use practice

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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).
    Publication year

    2001

    Authors

    Swift J M; Bignell D

    Language

    English

    Keywords

    slash and burn agriculture, land use, biodiversity, soil management, landscape

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