Field margins and management affect settlement and spread of an introduced dew-worm (Lumbricus terrestris L.) population

Pedobiologia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Nuutinen, Visa ^a   Butt, Kevin R ^b   Jauhiainen, Lauri ^a  

^a PLANT PRODUCTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Earthworm inoculation; Field margins; No till; Ploughing; Sub drains

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLAY; COLONIZATION; DISPERSAL; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD MARGIN; GRASS; INOCULATION; MACROPORE; PERMEABILITY; PLOWING; SET-ASIDE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; ZERO TILLAGE;

FINLAND; JOKIOINEN; KANTA-HAME;

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84860422593     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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