The influence of soil fauna on soil structural attributes under a limed and untreated upland grassland

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 393-400

  Davidson, D A ^a   Grieve, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micromorphology; Soil aggregates; Soil biodiversity; Soil ecosystems; Soil fauna interactions; UK

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BIODIVERSITY; DEGRADATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; LIME; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

GRASSLAND ENVIRONMENT; SOIL ECOSYSTEMS; SOIL-FAUNA INTERACTIONS; WATER-STABLE AGGREGATION;

SOILS;

BIODIVERSITY; GRASSLAND; MICROMORPHOLOGY; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

ENCHYTRAEIDAE;

EID: 33746817900     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.745     Document Type: Article

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