No-tillage greatly increases earthworm populations in Paraná state, Brazil

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 764-771

  Brown, George G ^a   Benito, Norton P ^b   Pasini, Amarildo ^b   Sautter, Klaus D ^c   Guimarães, Maria De F ^b   Torres, Eleno ^a  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF LONDRINA   (Brazil)

^c POSITIVO UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conventional tillage; Earthworm populations; No tillage; Paran ; Soil management

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; POPULATION SIZE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; ZERO TILLAGE;

BRAZIL; LONDRINA; PARANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMYNTHAS; ANNELIDA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; MEGASCOLECIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0346038904     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00256     Document Type: Conference Paper

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