Earthworms change the abundance and community structure of nematodes and protozoa in a maize residue amended rice-wheat rotation agro-ecosystem

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 898-904

  Tao, Jun ^a   Chen, Xiaoyun ^a   Liu, Manqiang ^a   Hu, Feng ^a   Griffiths, Bryan ^b   Li, Huixin ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEAGASC   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Earthworm casts; Earthworms; Maize residues; Nematodes; Protozoa

Indexed keywords

AGRO ECOSYSTEMS; BACTERIAL-FEEDING NEMATODES; CAST MATERIALS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; EARTHWORM CASTS; EARTHWORMS; MAIZE RESIDUES; MICROFAUNA; NEMATODE NUMBERS; NEMATODES; ORGANIC RESIDUES; RESIDUE INCORPORATIONS; SOIL DEPTHS; SOIL LAYERS; TROPHIC GROUPS;

BACTERIOLOGY; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PROTOZOA; ROTATION;

SOILS;

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; EARTHWORM; MAIZE; NEMATODE; PROTOZOAN; RICE; WHEAT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEMATODA; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67349179669     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2008.12.002     Document Type: Article

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