Quantitative estimates of burrow construction and destruction, by anecic and endogeic earthworms in repacked soil cores

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 74, Issue , 2014, Pages 46-50

  Capowiez, Yvan ^a   Bottinelli, Nicolas ^b   Jouquet, Pascal ^c  

^a Domaine Saint Paul   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Burrow continuity; Burrow refilling with casts; Earthworm behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886860025     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2013.09.009     Document Type: Article

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