Above-ground earthworm casts affect water runoff and soil erosion in Northern Vietnam

Catena

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-21

  Jouquet, Pascal ^a,b   Podwojewski, Pascal ^a,b   Bottinelli, Nicolas ^a,b   Mathieu, Jérôme ^a   Ricoy, Maigualida ^c   Orange, Didier ^a,b   Tran, Toan Duc ^b   Valentin, Christian ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b SFRI   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Above ground casts; Earthworms; Erosion; Land use change; Soil detachment; Water runoff

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; CASSAVA; EARTHWORM; EVERGREEN TREE; GRASS; INFILTRATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANTATION; RUNOFF; SOIL EROSION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

ACACIA; ACACIA MANGIUM; AMYNTHAS; EARTHWORMS (SP.); EUCALYPTUS; MANIHOT ESCULENTA;

EID: 44449113198     PISSN: 03418162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.catena.2007.12.006     Document Type: Article

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