Effects of summer irrigation and trampling in dairy pastures on soil physical properties and earthworm number and species composition

Australian Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1059-1079

  Lobry De Bruyn, Lisa A ^a,b   Kingston, T J ^a,c  

^a Dept of Prim Indust and Fisheries ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Queen Victoria Museum   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea caliginosa; Dairy cows; Earthworms; Lumbricus rubellus; Pasture production; Soil structure; Water infiltration

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DAIRY PASTURE; EARTHWORK; POPULATION SIZE; SOIL PROPERTIES; SUMMER IRRIGATION; TRAMPLING;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ALLOLOBOPHORA; ALLOLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; BOS TAURUS; CALIGINOSA; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0030783852     PISSN: 00049409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/a94132     Document Type: Article

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