Micro-scale dry bulk density variation around earthworm (Lumbricus terrestris L.) burrows based on X-ray computed tomography

Geoderma

Volumn 213, Issue , 2014, Pages 471-477

  Rogasik, Helmut ^a   Schrader, Stefan ^b   Onasch, Ingrid ^a   Kiesel, Joachim ^a   Gerke, Horst H ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE RESEARCH ZALF   (Germany)

^b Federal Research Institute of Rural Areas Forestry and Fisheries vTI   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basic voxel approach; Bulk density distribution; Drilosphere; Earthworm burrow; Lumbricus terrestris; Soil matrix

Indexed keywords

BASIC VOXEL APPROACH; BULK DENSITY; DRILOSPHERE; EARTHWORM BURROW; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; SOIL MATRICES;

SOILS;

SILT;

BULK DENSITY; BURROWING ORGANISM; EARTHWORM; HETEROGENEITY; SOIL PROFILE;

EID: 84884553754     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2013.08.034     Document Type: Article

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