Soil fertility management: Impacts on soil macrofauna, soil aggregation and soil organic matter allocation

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-62

  Ayuke, F O ^a,b,c   Brussaard, L ^a   Vanlauwe, B ^b   Six, J ^d   Lelei, D K ^c   Kibunja, C N ^e   Pulleman, M M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b CIAT   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e KENYA AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Carbon; Earthworm; Nitrogen; Soil aggregate fraction; Soil organic matter; Taxonomic richness; Termite

Indexed keywords

ISOPTERA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79954815067     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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