Earthworms in a 15 years agricultural trial

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-8

  Pelosi, Céline ^a   Bertrand, Michel ^b,c   Thénard, Jodie ^a   Mougin, Christian ^a  

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

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

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation agriculture; Conventional system; France; Living mulch; Organic farming; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; APORRECTODEA LONGA; LUMBRICUS CASTANEUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84920873443     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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