A six year study of earthworm (Lumbricidae) populations in pasture woodland in southern England shows their responses to soil temperature and soil moisture

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1857-1865

  Eggleton, Paul ^a   Inward, Kelly ^a   Smith, Joanne ^a   Jones, David T ^a   Sherlock, Emma ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate responses; Non parametric regression; Soil conditions; Soil ecosystem engineers

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVE MODELS; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE RESPONSES; DENDROBAENA OCTAEDRA; EARTHWORM SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER; ENGLAND; FUTURE CLIMATE; HUMAN MOVEMENTS; KEY FACTORS; LOCAL CLIMATE; LUMBRICIDAE; NON-PARAMETRIC REGRESSION; SEASONAL PATTERNS; SEASONALITY; SHARP CONTRAST; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUMMER MONTHS; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

AGRICULTURE; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEMS; GROUNDWATER; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PERMITTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE; TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

DATA ACQUISITION; EARTHWORM; PASTURE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONALITY; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; HAMPSHIRE; NEW FOREST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

DENDROBAENA ATTEMSI; DENDROBAENA OCTAEDRA; LUMBRICIDAE;

EID: 68849092297     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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