Soil macrofauna-mediated impacts of plant species composition on soil functioning in Amazonian pastures

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue , 2012, Pages 43-50

  Velásquez, Elena ^a   Fonte, Steven J ^b   Barot, Sébastien ^c   Grimaldi, Michel ^c   Desjardins, Thierry ^c   Lavelle, Patrick ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Arachis pintoi; Brachiaria brizantha; Plant species diversity; Soil fauna; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

ARACHIS; ARACHIS PINTOI; BRACHIARIA; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; SOLANUM; SOLANUM RUGOSUM; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 84858732657     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2012.01.008     Document Type: Article

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