The role of earthworms for assessment of sustainability and as bioindicators

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 74, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 137-155

  Paoletti, Maurizio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioindication; Contamination; Earthworms; Engineered crops; Heavy metals; Lumbricidae; Pesticides; Reclamation; Rural landscape; Soil quality; Sustainable farming

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; TILLAGE SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIOINDICATOR; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0032839489     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(99)00034-1     Document Type: Article

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