Diversity and abundance of earthworms in land use systems in central-western Colombia

Pedobiologia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Feijoo, Alexander ^a   Carvajal, Andrés F ^a   Zúñiga, María C ^a   Quintero, Heimar ^b   Fragoso, Carlos ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Andes; Colombia; Ecological category; Land use intensity; Oligochaeta

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BULK DENSITY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE PLANNING; NATIVE SPECIES; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION COVER;

ANDES; COLOMBIA;

ANNELIDA; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 84855346824     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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