Fourteen years of evidence for positive effects of conservation agriculture and organic farming on soil life

Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 169-181

  Henneron, Ludovic ^a   Bernard, Laetitia ^a   Hedde, Mickaël ^b   Pelosi, Céline ^b   Villenave, Cécile ^a,c   Chenu, Claire ^d   Bertrand, Michel ^e   Girardin, Cyril ^f   Blanchart, Eric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^c ELISOL environnement   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e INRA Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^f UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

Author keywords

Agricultural sustainability; Agroecology; Agroecosystems; Functional groups; Land management; Soil biodiversity; Soil food web; Soil functioning; Soil quality

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; LAND MANAGEMENT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEW RECORD; ORGANIC FARMING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEST;

FRANCE; ILE DE FRANCE; VERSAILLES; YVELINES;

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; NEMATODA;

EID: 84920756027     PISSN: 17740746     EISSN: 17730155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13593-014-0215-8     Document Type: Article

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