Effects of residue management on earthworm surface cast production after Chromolaena odorata short fallow in the humid tropics

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 807-810

  Norgrove, Lindsey ^a,c   Nkem, Johnson N ^b   Hauser, Stefan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c c/o Lambourn ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burn; Cameroon; Humid tropics; Mulch; Slash; Surface cast production

Indexed keywords

CROP RESIDUE; EARTHWORM; MULCHING; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SOIL WATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; WORM CAST;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANNELIDA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CHROMOLAENA; CHROMOLAENA ODORATA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0346869037     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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