Contribution of anecic earthworms to biopore formation during cultivation of perennial ley crops

Pedobiologia

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-52

  Kautz, Timo ^a   Lüsebrink, Marcel ^a   Pätzold, Stefan ^a   Vetterlein, Doris ^b   Pude, Ralf ^c   Athmann, Miriam ^a   Küpper, Paul M ^a   Perkons, Ute ^a   Köpke, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biopore; Burrowing activity; Lumbricus terrestris; Short term ley; Subsoil

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894234533     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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