Effects of earthworms on nitrogen mineralization

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-63

  Willems, J J G M ^a   Marinissen, J C Y ^a   Blair, J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agroecosystems; Aporrectodea tuberculata; Earthworms; Lumbricus terrestris; Microbial biomass; N mineralization; Soil cores; Soil structure

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; SOIL STRUCTURE;

APORRECTODEA TUBERCULATA; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 85047675652     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00335819     Document Type: Article

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