Negative effects of no-till on soil macrofauna and litter decomposition in Argentina as compared with natural grasslands

Soil and Tillage Research

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-59

  Domínguez, Anahí ^a,b   Bedano, José Camilo ^a,b   Becker, Analía Rosa ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Soil fauna; Soil functions; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

AGRO-ECOSYSTEMS; ARGENTINA; BIOLOGICAL SOIL; BULK DENSITY; COVER CROPS; CROP RESIDUE; DECOMPOSITION RATE; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTIONS; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; LITTERBAG METHOD; MACROFAUNA; MACROINVERTEBRATES; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NATURAL GRASSLAND; NO-TILL; ORGANIC MATTER CONTENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; REFERENCE SITUATION; SOIL CONDITIONS; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL FUNCTIONS; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; STANDARD METHOD; STUDY AREAS; SURFACE HORIZONS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; ANIMALS; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CROPS; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SOILS;

ABUNDANCE; AGROCHEMICAL; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPACTION; COVER CROP; CROP RESIDUE; CROP ROTATION; DECOMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GRASSLAND; LITTER; MACROINVERTEBRATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL QUALITY; ZERO TILLAGE;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 77956190548     PISSN: 01671987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.still.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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