Relationships between earthworm populations and management intensity in cattle-grazed pastures in Ireland

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-64

  Curry, James P ^a   Doherty, Paul ^a   Purvis, Gordon ^a   Schmidt, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Earthworm communities; Lumbricidae; N fertilizer use; Soil poaching; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

ALLOLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; APORRECTODEA LONGA; APORRECTODEA ROSEA; BOS; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS FESTIVUS; LUMBRICUS FRIENDI; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 38749107606     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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