Clay dispersability in moist earthworm casts of different soils

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-92

  Marinissen, J C Y ^a   Nijhuis, E ^a   Van Breemen, N ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dispersability; Earthworm cast; Microbial biomass; Polysaccharide

Indexed keywords

PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0012297660     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0929-1393(96)00095-9     Document Type: Article

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