Nutrient recovery from urban forest leaf litter waste solids using Eisenia fetida

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 660-666

  Suthar, Surindra ^a   Gairola, Shailja ^a  

^a DOON UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Litter decomposition; Soil fertility; Soil nutrient mineralization; Urban waste; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

LITTER DECOMPOSITION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NUTRIENTS; URBAN WASTES; VERMICOMPOSTS;

BAMBOO; COCOON; EARTHWORM; LEAF LITTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; URBAN FORESTRY; WORM CAST;

EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 84908575056     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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