Earthworm populations and growth rates related to long-term crop residue and tillage management

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-316

  Eriksen Hamel, Nikita S ^a   Speratti, Alicia B ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^a   Légère, Anne ^b   Madramootoo, Chandra A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea turgida; Crop residue input; Earthworm; Growth rates; Tillage system

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; APORRECTODEA TURGIDA; CHISEL PLOWS; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; CONVENTIONAL TILLAGE; CROP RESIDUE; CROP RESIDUE INPUT; CROP RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; DISK HARROW; EARTHWORM; FOOD AVAILABILITY; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NO TILLAGE; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; RESIDUE MANAGEMENT; SOIL CORES; SOIL ORGANIC C; SOIL PHYSICAL CONDITIONS; TILLAGE MANAGEMENT; TILLAGE SYSTEM;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMASS; CROPS; ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY; FORESTRY; GROWTH RATE; SOILS;

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY;

CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL PROPERTY; TILLAGE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

APORRECTODEA TURGIDA;

EID: 67349150420     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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