Earthworm communities in conventional wheat monocropping and low-input wheat-clover intercropping systems

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 377-388

  Schmidt, O ^a   Curry, J P ^a   Hackett, R A ^a   Purvis, G ^a   Clements, R O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cereal legume mixed cropping; Direct drilling; Earthworms; Electrical octet sampling method; Living mulch; Lumbricidae

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHWORM; INTERCROPPING; WHEAT;

LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS CASTANEUS; LUMBRICUS FESTIVUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; NEMATODA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SATCHELLIUS MAMMALIS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0034901019     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2001.tb00123.x     Document Type: Article

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