Population dynamics of earthworms during crop rotation under rainfed agriculture in central Himalayas, India

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-215

  Bhadauria, Tuneera ^a   Ramakrishnan, P S ^b   Srivastava, K N ^a  

^a FEROZE GANDHI COLLEGE   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Central himalayas; Crop rotation; Cultivation; Population dynamics; Species composition

Indexed keywords

DRAWIDA; ELEUSINE; ELEUSINE CORACANA; METAPHIRE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0000809252     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(97)00008-5     Document Type: Article

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