Carbon and nitrogen mobilisation by earthworms of different functional groups as affected by soil sand content

Pedobiologia

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 263-272

  Butenschoen, O ^a   Marhan, S ^b   Langel, R ^c   Scheu, S ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lumbricidae; N mobilisation; Soil organic matter; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; EARTHWORM; ELEMENT MOBILITY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT;

LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OCTOLASION TYRTAEUM; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 61849151904     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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