Functional diversity of nematodes

The maturity index: an ecological measure of environmental disturbance based on nematode species composition

Tom Bongers · Oecologia · 1990 · 2.1K citations · Full text

Agriculture, Ecology, Entomology +16

Assessing nematode communities in agroecosystems of varying human intervention

Diana W. Freckman, Christien H. Ettema · Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment · 1993 · 461 citations

Agriculture, Agroecology, Ecology +14

Interpretation of disturbance-induced maturity decrease in marine nematode assemblages by means of the Maturity Index

Tom Bongers, Rob Alkemade, GW Yeates · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 1991 · 412 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Ecology, Marine Sciences +17

Characterization of nematode colonization and succession in disturbed soil using the Maturity Index

Christien H. Ettema, Tom Bongers · Biology and Fertility of Soils · 1993 · 251 citations

Agriculture, Ecology, Soil Sciences +14

Modification and qualification of the nematode maturity index

G. W. Yeates · Pedobiologia · 1994 · 245 citations

Agriculture, Entomology, Nematode Pathology +8