Associations between soil texture, soil water characteristics and earthworm populations in Grassland

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 583-592

  Holmstrup, Martin ^a   Lamandé, Mathieu ^b   Torp, Søren B ^b   Greve, Mogens H ^b   Labouriau, Rodrigo ^b   Heckrath, Goswin ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anecic earthworms; Endogeic earthworms; Grassland; Soil texture; Soil water potential

Indexed keywords

APORRECTODEA TUBERCULATA;

EID: 80052665192     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2010.526629     Document Type: Article

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