Do earthworms and roots cooperate to build soil macroaggregates? A microcosm experiment

Geoderma

Volumn 167-168, Issue , 2011, Pages 303-309

  Zangerle A ^a   Pando, A ^a   Lavelle, P ^a,b  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Earthworm casts; Earthworm root interactions; NIR spectral signature; Soil macroaggregation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SOIL; C SEQUESTRATION; CHLOROTICA; CONTROL SIGNAL; EARTHWORM CASTS; EARTHWORM SPECIES; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEER; ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; GROUND BEHAVIOR; HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES; IN-BUILDINGS; LABORATORY STUDIES; MACROAGGREGATES; MICROCOSM EXPERIMENTS; MIXED SIGNAL; NEAR INFRA RED; PLANT SPECIES; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; SOIL HABITATS; SOIL MACROAGGREGATES; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

ENGINEERS; INFRARED DEVICES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOACTIVITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; HERB; LABORATORY METHOD; LEGUME; MACROAGGREGATE; MICROCOSM; NEAR INFRARED; PERENNIAL PLANT; ROOT SYSTEM; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA;

ALLOLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; CALIGINOSA; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE;

EID: 80155135583     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2011.09.004     Document Type: Article

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