Changes in chemistry and aggregation of a California forest soil worked by the earthworm Argilophilus papillifer Eisen (Megascolecidae)

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 30, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 1677-1687

  Winsome, Thaïs ^a,b   McColl, John G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LITTER; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EARTHWORM; FOREST SOIL; LITTER; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES, CALIFORNIA;

ARGILOPHILUS PAPILLIFER; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 0032213998     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(97)00262-9     Document Type: Article

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