Effect of earthworm on growth of late succession plant species in postmining sites under laboratory and field conditions

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 769-774

  Roubíčková, Alena ^a   Mudrák, Ondřej ^b,c   Frouz, Jan ^a,b,c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOIL BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Plant growth; Plant succession; Postmining soils

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; EARTHWORM; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEGUME; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SUCCESSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

AGROSTIS; AGROSTIS CAPILLARIS; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; ARRHENATHERUM ELATIUS; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA JACEA; FESTUCA RUBRA; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM HYBRIDUM; TRIFOLIUM MEDIUM;

EID: 70349988844     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-009-0386-7     Document Type: Article

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