Seasonal changes in population of some selected earthworm species and soil nutrients in cultivated agroecosystem

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-226

  Tripathi, G ^a   Bhardwaj, P ^a  

^a JAI NARAIN VYAS UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dichogaster bolaui; Earthworm; Lampito mauritii; Metaphire posthuma; Physicochemical properties; Worm density

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGROECOLOGY; CULTIVATION; EARTHWORM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL NUTRIENT;

AGROECOSYSTEM; ARTICLE; DICHOGASTER BOLAUI; EARTHWORM; LAMPITO MAURITII; METAPHIRE POSTHUMA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SUMMER; TILLAGE;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DICHOGASTER; DICHOGASTER BOLAUI; LAMPITO MAURITII; METAPHIRE POSTHUMA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 1842632515     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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