The effect of earthworms on carbon storage and soil organic matter composition in tropical soil amended with compost and vermicompost

PT Ngo, C Rumpel, TT Doan, P Jouquet - Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2012 - Elsevier
The use of organic matter (OM) amendments is widespread in tropical countries and may be
beneficial for soil carbon storage. Interactions between earthworms and OM amendments in …

Assessment of the natural recovery rate of soil specific volume following forest soil compaction

N Goutal, P Boivin, J Ranger - Soil Science Society of America …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Soil compaction is a major contributor to forest soil degradation. To make a decision on soil
remediation, both the soil compactness after heavy traffic of forest machinery and the natural …

[图书][B] Soil water and agronomic productivity

R Lal, BA Stewart - 2012 - books.google.com
Crop water use can be increased by management of surface runoff, groundwater, irrigation,
and soil water. Technological innovations to enhance availability of water for agricultural …

湿地土壤水源涵养功能研究进展

谢亚军, 谢永宏, 陈心胜, 李峰 - 湿地科学, 2012 - cqvip.com
湿地土壤依靠孔隙而发挥水源涵养功能, 广义的湿地土壤水源涵养功能是指湿地土壤内多个水文
过程及其水文效应的综合表现, 而狭义的湿地土壤水源涵养功能仅指湿地土壤蓄水 …

Does the influence of earthworms on water infiltration, nitrogen leaching and soil respiration depend on the initial soil bulk density? A mesocosm experiment with the …

P Jouquet, G Huchet, N Bottinelli, TD Thu… - Biology and Fertility of …, 2012 - Springer
Soil compaction has a negative impact on both earthworm abundance and diversity. Recent
studies, however, suggest that earthworm cast properties are not influenced by the initial soil …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation on physical, chemical and biological properties of casts of geophagous earthworm, Metaphire tschiliensis tschiliensis

SK Teng, NAA Aziz, M Mustafa, SA Aziz… - Scientific Research and …, 2012 - academia.edu
Throughout the decades, intensive agricultural activities in the tropics had lead to soil
degradation and decrease in soil biodiversity (Jouquet et al., 2008; Lavelle et al., 1992) …

Functional attributes: Compacting vs decompacting earthworms and influence on soil structure

AM Guéi Jr, Y Baidai, JE Tondoh, J Huising - Current Zoology, 2012 - academic.oup.com
A short term field mesocosm experiment was performed in semi-deciduous forest areas of
Ivory Coast to assess the impact of a decompacting (Hyperiodrilus africanus, Eudrilidae) and …

Morphological characterisation of weathered earthworm casts by 2D-image analysis

N Bottinelli, P Jouquet, TD Tran, V Hallaire - Biology and Fertility of Soils, 2012 - Springer
Earthworm casts weathered by rainfall are difficult to differentiate from surrounding soil
aggregates. We tested the hypothesis that morphological characterisation of soil aggregates …

Relationship among soil surface roughness, topsoil porosity and rainfall in tilled field

JH Lin, YR Sun, HJ Zhang… - Applied Mechanics and …, 2012 - Trans Tech Publ
Topsoil porosity (TSP) is an important parameter for the research of soil physics, agriculture
and environmental protection. However, the traditional method for measuring porosity is time …

Evaluación de la influencia de una cepa bacteriana en la biorremendiación de un suelo arenoso contaminado con diesel, a escala de laboratorio.

LS Plata Quintero - 2012 - repository.upb.edu.co
El objetivo de este proyecto consistió en evaluar la influencia de una cepa bacteriana en la
biorremediación de un suelo arenoso contaminado con diesel, a escala de laboratorio …