Earthworm response to rotation and tillage in a Missouri claypan soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-347

  Hubbard, V C ^a   Jordan, D ^a   Stecker, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea trapezoides; Ash free biomass; Crop rotation; Diplocardia singularis; Population density

Indexed keywords

CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; TILLAGE; UNITED STATES;

CLAY SOIL; EARTHWORM; ROTATION; TILLAGE;

APORRECTODEA TRAPEZOIDES; DIPLOCARDIA SINGULARIS;

EID: 0032818832     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740050563     Document Type: Article

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