Mosses were among the first plants to colonize land over 400 million years ago, but they never really left the water behind. Unlike seed plants, mosses (as well as ferns and liverworts) don’t enclose ...

The assortment of species of tiny soil animals—small enough to stand on the head of a pin—differ from one urban park to another, unlike plants and larger animals where a few species are often found ...

(1) Collembola and Acarina populations were sampled over two years from sites, fertilized with three levels of superphosphate and grazed by sheep at three stocking intensities. The sampling zone ...

Carbon and nitrogen dynamics were analyzed during the decomposition of litter and roots of the desert ephemeral pepperweed (Lepidium lasiocarpum). We treated litter bags with the insecticide chlordane ...

2 Corresponding author. A-229 Bevil Building, Box 870206, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487. E-mail: [email protected] Akinsoji, A. (1991) Studies on ...