Effects of Short Rotation Forestry on earthworm community development in the UK

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 309, Issue , 2013, Pages 96-104

  Rajapaksha, N S S ^a   Butt, K R ^a   Vanguelova, E I ^b   Moffat, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leaf litter quality; Litterbags; Lumbricus terrestris; Soil sustainability

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM COMMUNITIES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LEAF LITTER; LITTERBAGS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; NATIVE TREE SPECIES; SHORT-ROTATION FORESTRIES; SOIL BIOGEOCHEMISTRY;

EXPERIMENTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); POPULATION STATISTICS; SOILS; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EARTHWORM; EVERGREEN FOREST; FORESTRY PRACTICE; LEAF LITTER; NATIVE SPECIES; RECLAIMED LAND; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABILITY;

EXPERIMENTATION; FOREST LITTER; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LEAVES; PLANTS; SOIL; SURVEYS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ACER; ACER PSEUDOPLATANUS; ALNUS; ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULA PENDULA; CASTANEA SATIVA; EUCALYPTUS; EUCALYPTUS GUNNII; EUCALYPTUS NITENS; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84884814129     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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