Effect of tillage on earthworms over short- and medium-term in conventional and organic farming

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue , 2014, Pages 140-148

  Crittenden, S J ^a   Eswaramurthy, T ^a   de Goede, R G M ^a   Brussaard, L ^a   Pulleman, M M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conventional farming; Earthworms; Non inversion tillage; Organic farming; Plowing; Reduced tillage

Indexed keywords

EID: 84910027613     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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