Location-dependency of earthworm response to reduced tillage on sandy soil

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-66

  Joschko, Monika ^a   Gebbers, Robin ^b   Barkusky, Dietmar ^a   Rogasik, Jutta ^c   Höhn, Wilfried ^d   Hierold, Wilfried ^a   Fox, Catherine A ^e   Timmer, Jens ^f  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PATHOGEN DIAGNOSTICS   (Germany)

^d Ernst Thälmann Str 13C   (Germany)

^e AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthworm abundance; Organic carbon; Soil texture; Spatial analysis; State space analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FIRE HAZARDS; ORGANIC CARBON; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SAND; TEXTURES;

EARTHWORM ABUNDANCE; GERMANY; LANDSCAPE SCALES; LUMBRICIDAE; MANAGEMENT EFFECTS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES; PERMANENT PLOTS; REDUCED TILLAGES; SANDY SOILS; SOIL BIOTAS; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITIES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY OF SOIL PROPERTIES; STATE-SPACE ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENTS; TILLAGE EFFECTS; TILLAGE SYSTEMS;

SOILS;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; EARTHWORM; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TILLAGE;

BRANDENBURG; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

LUMBRICIDAE;

EID: 57749205952     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2008.07.023     Document Type: Article

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