Farmers' perceptions of earthworms and their role in soil

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 69, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-68

  Zúñiga, María C ^a   Alexander, Feijoo M ^a   Quintero, Heimar ^b   Aldana, Narli J ^a   Carvajal, Andrés F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE PEREIRA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Environmental education; Ethnopedozoology; Local knowledge; Oligochaeta

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878554079     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.03.001     Document Type: Article

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