Agricultural management affects earthworm and termite diversity across humid to semi-arid tropical zones

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 148-154

  Ayuke, F O ^a,b   Pulleman, M M ^a   Vanlauwe, B ^b   de Goede, R G M ^a   Six, J ^c   Csuzdi, C ^d   Brussaard, L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CIAT   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Climate; Crop management; Earthworms; Soil biodiversity; Soil carbon; Termites

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP ROTATION; CROPPING PRACTICE; EARTHWORM; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY; TERMITE; TILLAGE;

AFRICA;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 79151474895     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2010.11.021     Document Type: Article

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