Laboratory investigation of organic matter mineralization and nutrient leaching from earthworm casts produced by Amynthas khami

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-30

  Jouquet, Pascal ^a,b   Thi, Phuong Ngo ^a,b   Hong, Hanh Nguyen ^a,b   Henry des Tureaux, Thierry ^a,b   Chevallier, Tiphaine ^c   Tran Duc, Toan ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b SFRI   (Viet Nam)

^c UMR ECO SOLS   (France)

Author keywords

Earthworm casts; Nutrient cycling; Rainfall simulation; Soil aggregate organization; Soil aggregation dynamics; SOM

Indexed keywords

AMYNTHAS;

EID: 78649997341     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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