Earthworm impacts on soil organic matter and fertilizer dynamics in tropical hillside agroecosystems of Honduras

Pedobiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 327-335

  Fonte, Steven J ^a   Barrios, Edmundo ^b,c   Six, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Nitrogen; Pontoscolex corethrurus; Quesungual agroforestry system; Residue inputs; Soil aggregates; Soil organic matter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PERFORMANCE; EARTHWORM; GROWTH RATE; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; RESIDUAL SOIL; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

HONDURAS;

PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77955575010     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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