Digestion of a vertisol by the endogeic earthworm Polypheretima elongata, megascolecidae, increases soil phosphate extractibility

European Journal of Soil Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 107-111

  Brossard, M ^a   Lavelle, P ^a   Laurent, J Y ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Casts; Earthworm; Extractable and available phosphorus; Particle size fractionation; Phosphate; Polypheretima elongata; Vertisol

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013608002     PISSN: 11645563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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