Local land use effects and regional environmental limits on earthworm communities in finnish arable landscapes

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3162-3177

  Nieminen, Mervi ^a   Ketoja, Elise ^a   Mikola, Juha ^b   Terhivuo, Juhani ^c   Sirén, Taisto ^a   Nuutinen, Visa ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Arable field; Cultivation history; Diversity; Earthworm; Field margin; Grazing; Regional distribution; Soil C: N ratio; Soil texture; Tillage

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARABLE LAND; ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOMASS; CULTIVATION; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIELD MARGIN; FROST; GRAZING; LAND USE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PASTURE; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL CARBON; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TEXTURE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TILLAGE;

FINLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84555219811     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/10-1801.1     Document Type: Article

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