The drilosphere concept: Fine-scale incorporation of surface residue-derived Nand C around natural Lumbricus terrestris burrows

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 136-138

  Andriuzzi, Walter S ^a,b   Bolger, Thomas ^a   Schmidt, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anecic earthworms; Drilosphere; Litter incorporation; Lumbricidae; Nitrogen; Removal experiment; Spatial heterogeneity; Stable isotope technique

Indexed keywords

ANECIC EARTHWORMS; DRILOSPHERE; LITTER INCORPORATION; LUMBRICIDAE; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; STABLE ISOTOPES;

ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL;

SOILS;

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; BURROW; CARBON; EARTHWORM; ENRICHMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LITTER; NITROGEN; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84878363070     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.04.016     Document Type: Article

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