Linking spatio-temporal dynamics of earthworm populations to nutrient cycling in temperate agricultural and forest ecosystems

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 801-806

  Whalen, Joann K ^a   Costa, Carlos ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Geostatistics; Soil properties; Spatial heterogeneity; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; EARTHWORM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOIL PROPERTY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

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

EID: 0347930419     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00262     Document Type: Conference Paper

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