Charles Darwin, earthworms and the natural sciences: Various lessons from past to future

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 99, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 29-49

  Feller, Christian ^a   Brown, George G ^b   Blanchart, Eric ^c   Deleporte, Pierre ^d   Chernyanskii, Sergey S ^e  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c IRD   (Martinique)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^e MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Agronomy; Archaeology; Charles Darwin; Earthworms; Ethology; Geology; Pedology; Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; PEDOLOGY; SOIL FERTILITY;

PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0142104445     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00143-9     Document Type: Review

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