Influence of food quality on the physical and chemical properties of detritivorous earthworm casts

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 263-269

  Flegel, Martin ^a   Schrader, Stefan ^a   Zhang, Haiquan ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthworm casts; Food quality; Phosphomonesterase activity; Tensile strength; Texture; Water stable aggregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001508884     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(97)00050-4     Document Type: Article

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