Long-term changes in the soil properties and the soil macrofauna and mesofauna of an agricultural field in northern japan during transition from chemical-intensive farming to nature farming

Journal of Crop Production

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-75

  Nakamura, Yoshio ^a   Fujikawa, Tokuko ^b   Fujita, Masao ^c  

^a NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR TOHOKU REGION   (Japan)

^b Arai   (Japan)

^c Hata   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enchytraeids; Microarthropods; Nature farming; Soil invertebrates; Soil macrofauna; Soil mesofauna

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033810268     PISSN: 1092678X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J144v03n01_06     Document Type: Article

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