Soil compaction by uniaxial loading and the survival of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 320-323

  McKenzie, B M ^a   Kuhner S ^b   MacKenzie, K ^a   Peth, S ^b   Horn, R ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Soil compaction; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; COMPACTED SOIL; EARTHWORMS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPOSURE TIME; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; TEST CONDITION; UNI-AXIAL LOADING; UNIAXIAL LOAD;

AGRONOMY; ANIMALS; COMPACTION; LAND USE; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS;

SOIL TESTING;

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; COMPACTION; EARTHWORM; LABORATORY METHOD; LAND USE; LOADING TEST; POPULATION DECLINE; SHEAR; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SURVIVAL; UNIAXIAL TEST;

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA;

EID: 67349226133     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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