Earthworm surface casting activity on slash-and-burn cropped land and in undisturbed Chromolaena odorata and young forest fallow in southern Cameroon

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 811-818

  Birang, Madong A ^a,b   Hauser, Stefan ^a,d   Brussaard, Lijbert ^c   Norgrove, Lindsey ^a  

^a International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)   (Cameroon)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d c/o LW Lambourn ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Congo basin; Land use intensification; Slash and burn agriculture; Southern Cameroon

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; EARTHWORM; FALLOW; LAND USE; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; TROPICAL FOREST; WORM CAST;

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

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

EID: 0348129518     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-4056(04)70273-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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