Comparison of soil fauna (oribatids and enchytraeids) between conventional and organic (tillage and notillage practices) farming crop fields in Japan

Pedosphere

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 11-20

  Fujita, M ^a   Fujiyama, S ^b  

^a International Nature Farming Research Center   (Japan)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enchytraeidae; Organic farming; Oribatida; Soil management; Tillage

Indexed keywords

EID: 20444469945     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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