Structure and functioning of earthworm communities in woodland flooding systems used for drinking water production

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 342-351

  Schütz, Kirsten ^a   Nagel, Peter ^a   Dill, Andreas ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clogging; Ecosystem engineers; Floodplain forest; Groundwater recharge; Infiltration; Macropores; Soil invertebrates

Indexed keywords

ALLOLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS;

EID: 43049122069     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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