Reduced tillage increases population density of soil macrofauna in a semiarid environment in central Queensland

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 163-172

  Wilson Rummenie, Alexandra C ^a   Radford, Bruce J ^a   Robertson, Les N ^a,b   Simpson, Gordon B ^a,c   Bell, Kerry L ^a,c  

^a Biloela Research Station   (Australia)

^b BSES LIMITED   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Population trends; Soil macrofauna; Termites; Tillage

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POPULATION DENSITY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL FAUNA; TILLAGE;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

INSECTA; ISOPTERA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0032935685     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/28.2.163     Document Type: Article

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