137Cs as an indicator of earthworm activity in soils

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 167-173

  Vandenbygaart, A J ^a   Protz, R ^a   Tomlin, A D ^b   Miller, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

137Cs; Earthworms; Organic matter; Soil processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001134726     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00071-7     Document Type: Article

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