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dc.contributor.authorNorgrove, L.
dc.contributor.authorNkem, J.N.
dc.contributor.authorHauser, S.
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-15T13:16:11Z
dc.date.available2020-01-15T13:16:11Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.identifier.citationNorgrove, L., Nkem, J.N. & Hauser, S. (2003). Effects of residue management on earthworm surface cast production after Chromolaena odorata short fallow in the humid tropics: The 7th international symposium on earthworm ecology. Cardiff. Wales. 2002. Pedobiologia, 47(5-6), 807-810.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/6774
dc.description.abstractWe aimed to quantify the relative impact of slashing, mulching, burning and cropping on surface casting by earthworms and whether effects were due to treatments per-se or to the changes in soil temperature and water content they may induce. Surface cast production was monitored during two maize cropping seasons and the subsequent fallow phase. Slashing the vegetation caused a severe decline in surface casting activity, whether or not the plot was cropped afterwards. There was a significant interaction between burning and mulching such that there was significantly lower cast production when mulch was removed by burning than when it was removed by mechanical means. Soil temperature was lower when plots were cropped and mulched but no discernible effects of treatments upon soil water content were found. No correlations were found between surface cast production and soil water content or soil temperature.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectEarthworms
dc.subjectHumid Tropics
dc.subjectSlash
dc.subjectBurns
dc.subjectMulches
dc.titleEffects of residue management on earthworm cast production after Chromolaena odorata short fallow in the humid tropics
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of London
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of New England
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionCentral Africa
cg.coverage.countryCameroon
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectPests of Plants
cg.iitasubjectSoil Fertility
cg.iitasubjectNutrition
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
cg.reviewstatusPeer Review
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1078/0031-4056-00263


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