Responses of Earthworms to Organic Matter at Different Stages of Decomposition

Pedosphere

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 382-388

  LI, Jian Xiong ^a   ZHANG, Wei Xin ^b,c   LIAO, Chong Hui ^a   YANG, Yue Ping ^a   FU, Sheng Lei ^b  

^a Guangdong Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

decomposition stage; earthworm; litter; soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DECOMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; EARTHWORM; LITTER; PLANTATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TOPSOIL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

AMYNTHAS; AMYNTHAS CORTICIS; EARTHWORMS (SP.); OCNERODRILUS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 65549093509     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(09)60129-6     Document Type: Article

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