Abundance and stability of belowground earthworm casts influenced by tillage intensity and depth

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 263-267

  Bottinelli, N ^a,b   Hallaire, V ^a,b   Menasseri Aubry, S ^a,b   Le Guillou, C ^a,b   Cluzeau, D ^c  

^a UMR SAS   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Conservation tillage; Earthworm activity; Water repellency

Indexed keywords

AS-SOILS; BULK SOILS; CARBOHYDRATE CONTENT; CARBON CONTENT; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; EARTHWORM ACTIVITY; EARTHWORM CASTS; MEAN WEIGHT DIAMETER; NO TILLAGE; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL AGGREGATE STABILITY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL LAYER; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TEMPERATE SOILS; TILLAGE INTENSITY; TILLAGE SYSTEM; TILLAGE TREATMENT; WATER REPELLENCY; WATER STABILITY;

AGGREGATES; AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY; AGRICULTURE; CARBOHYDRATES; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC CARBON; SETTLING TANKS; SOILS; STABILIZATION; SYSTEM STABILITY; WATER CONTENT; WELL DRILLING;

SOIL CONSERVATION;

ABUNDANCE; CARBOHYDRATE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; EARTHWORM; ORGANIC CARBON; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; STABILIZATION;

EID: 76449095721     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2009.11.005     Document Type: Article

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