Water stability of earthworm casts in manure- and inorganic-fertilizer amended agroecosystems influenced by age and depth

Pedobiologia

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 12-26

  Feng, Ge ^a   Shuster, William D ^b   Edwards, Clive A ^b   Parmelee, Robert W ^b   Subler, Scott ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Cast recovery; Cast texture; Earthworm casts; Inorganic fertilizer; Manure; Water stability

Indexed keywords

AGROECOLOGY; EARTHWORM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; SOIL STRUCTURE; SOIL WATER;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0035127911     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00064     Document Type: Article

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