Tillage system effects on near-surface soil morphology: Observations from the landscape to micro-scale in silt loam soils of southwestern Ontario

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 139-149

  Vandenbygaart, A J ^a   Protz, R ^a   Tomlin, A D ^b   Miller, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

137Cs; Earthworms; Image analysis; No tillage; Soil micromorphology; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; SILTY LOAM; SOIL STRUCTURE; TILLAGE;

CANADA;

EID: 0032863969     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-1987(99)00050-1     Document Type: Article

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