Earthworm effects on plant growth do not necessarily decrease with soil fertility

Plant and Soil

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-118

  Laossi, Kam Rigne ^a   Ginot, Amandine ^a   Noguera, Diana Cristina ^a   Blouin, Manuel ^b   Barot, Sébastien ^a,c  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

A. caliginosa; Earthworms; L. terrestris; Nutrient availability; Plant growth; Shoot root ratio; Soil type

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; BIOMINERALIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; EARTHWORM; ENDOGENOUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SOIL FERTILITY;

APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; CALIGINOSA; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; POA; POA ANNUA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM DUBIUM; VERONICA; VERONICA PERSICA;

EID: 77049117314     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-009-0086-y     Document Type: Article

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