Does the influence of earthworms on water infiltration, nitrogen leaching and soil respiration depend on the initial soil bulk density? A mesocosm experiment with the endogeic species Metaphire posthuma

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 561-567

  Jouquet, Pascal ^a,b   Huchet, Gaëlle ^a,b   Bottinelli, Nicolas ^c   Thu, Thuy Doan ^b   Duc, Toan Tran ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b SFRI   (Viet Nam)

^c Centre INRA de Nancy   (France)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Metaphire posthuma; Nitrogen leaching; Soil bulk density; Soil organic matter; Soil organization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BULK DENSITY; COMPACTION; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; INFILTRATION; LEACHING; MESOCOSM; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

METAPHIRE POSTHUMA;

EID: 84862685035     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-011-0652-3     Document Type: Article

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