Earthworm populations in conventional and integrated farming systems in the LIFE project (SW England) in 1990-2000

Annals of Applied Biology

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 361-372

  Hutcheon, A ^a   Iles, D R ^a   Kendall, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Arable crops; Earthworms; Integrated farming systems; Lumbricidae; Non inversion tillage; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; FARMING SYSTEM;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLOLOBOPHORA; ALLOLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; APORRECTODEA LONGA; APORRECTODEA ROSEA; CALIGINOSA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS CASTANEUS; LUMBRICUS FESTIVUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OCTOLASION; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0035213651     PISSN: 00034746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7348.2001.tb00150.x     Document Type: Article

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