The role of earthworm communities in soil mineral weathering: A field experiment

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-36

  Carpenter, Daniel ^a   Hodson, M E ^b   Eggleton, P ^b   Kirk, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; EARTHWORM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; WEATHERING;

EID: 57249097786     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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