Earthworm species composition affects the soil bacterial community and net nitrogen mineralization

Pedobiologia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 243-256

  Postma Blaauw, Maria B ^a   Bloem, Jaap ^a   Faber, Jack H ^a   van Groenigen, Jan Willem ^a   de Goede, Ron G M ^a   Brussaard, Lijbert ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Earthworms; Functional groups; Nutrients; Soil; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; MINERALIZATION; SOIL NITROGEN;

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 33744815366     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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