Influence of soil properties on the population and activity of geophagous earthworms after five years of bare fallow

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 382-387

  Auerswald, K ^a   Weigand, S ^a   Kainz, M ^a   Philipp, C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allolobophora spp.; Aporrectodea spp.; Biopores; Earthworm; Food stress; Lumbricus spp.; Soil moisture; Soil respiration; Wheat straw

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIOPORE; EARTHWORM; FALLOW; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL PROPERTIES; SOIL RESPIRATION; TUNNELLING ACTIVITY;

ALLOLOBOPHORA; APORRECTODEA; LUMBRICUS; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 85047675876     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00335911     Document Type: Article

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