Different behavioral patterns of the earthworms Octolasion tyrtaeum and Diplocardia spp. in tallgrass prairie soils: Potential influences on plant growth

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-56

  Callaham Jr , Mac A ^a,c   Blair, John M ^a   Hendrix, Paul F ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland; Microbial biomass; Nitrogen; Soil invertebrates; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CARBON 13; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DAY LENGTH; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN 15; NITROGEN UPTAKE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT MICROORGANISM INTERACTION; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; PRAIRIE; SEEDLING; SOIL AND SOIL RELATED PHENOMENA; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; EARTHWORM; GRASSLAND SOIL; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NITROGEN; VEGETATION;

ANDROPOGON GERARDII; ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DIPLOCARDIA; INVERTEBRATA; OCTOLASION TYRTAEUM; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0034952730     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003740100370     Document Type: Article

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