Earthworm population dynamics as influenced by the quality of exogenous organic matter

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-150

  Leroy, Ben L M ^a   Schmidt, Olaf ^b   Van den Bossche, Annemie ^a   Reheul, Dirk ^a   Moens, Maurice ^a,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL AND FISHERIES RESEARCH ILVO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Compost; Hand sorting; Lumbricidae; Mustard extraction method; Organic fertilizers; Slurry

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPOST; DEGRADATION; EARTHWORM; EXTRACTION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); MANURE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SLURRY; SORTING;

BOS; BRASSICA; LUMBRICIDAE;

EID: 51349156125     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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