The potential of earthworms to restore ecosystem services after opencast mining - A review

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 196-203

  Boyer, Stephane ^a   Wratten, Stephen D ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthworm introduction; Ecological restoration; Functioning ecological ecosystems; Soil rehabilitation; Waste bio stabilisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953286454     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.12.005     Document Type: Review

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