Effects of cropping and tree density on earthworm community composition and densities in central Cameroon

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 268-271

  Norgrove, L ^a,b   Csuzdi, C ^c   Hauser, S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Cameroon)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Earthworms; Humid tropics; Tree density; West and Central Africa

Indexed keywords

ACANTHODRILIDAE; DICHOGASTER; EARTHWORMS (SP.); EUDRILIDAE; OCNERODRILIDAE;

EID: 80052145538     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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