Interactive effects of plants and earthworms on the physical stabilization of soil organic matter in aggregates

Plant and Soil

Volumn 359, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 205-214

  Fonte, Steven J ^a   Quintero, D Carolina ^a   Velásquez, Elena ^b   Lavelle, Patrick ^a,c  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Brachiaria decumbens; Ecosystem engineers; Pontoscolex corethrurus; Soil aggregation; Tropical pastures

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; FRACTIONATION; MICROCOSM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; PASTURE; PLANT; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MANAGEMENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL STRUCTURE; STABILIZATION; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRACHIARIA; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS; UROCHLOA BRIZANTHA;

EID: 84866484560     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-012-1199-2     Document Type: Article

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