Role of soil water content in the carbon and nitrogen dynamics of Lumbricus terrestris L. burrow soil

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-22

  Amador, José A ^a   Görres, Josef H ^a   Savin, Mary C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b Environ Sci 115 Plant Sci B ^*

Author keywords

Anecic earthworms; Carbon dynamics; Corn litter; Lumbricus terrestris; Nitrogen dynamics; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 9944234111     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2004.06.009     Document Type: Article

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