Vertical redistribution of pebbles by crayfish in mollisol catenas of central Illinois

Soil Science

Volumn 169, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 776-786

  Robertson, Kevin M ^a,b   Johnson, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b TALL TIMBERS RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Champaign County; Earthworms; Glacial till; Ill.; Mounding; Prairie soils; Rock fragments; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; CATENA; PEBBLE; PRAIRIE; SOIL FAUNA;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ASTACOIDEA; CATENA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 9644260603     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ss.0000148738.82992.10     Document Type: Article

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