Earthworm population responses to cultivation and irrigation in a South Australian soil

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-385

  Smeaton, Timothy C ^a   Daly, Ashlyn N ^a   Cranwell, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea; Cropping; Cultivation; Earthworms; Population

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; CROPPING PRACTICE; EARTHWORM; IRRIGATION; POPULATION ECOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA TRAPEZOIDES; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. GEMMIFERA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; LUMBRICIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0042194620     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00201     Document Type: Article

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