TY - JOUR
T1 - Degradation of turfgrass thatch by earthworms (Oligochaeta
T2 - Lumbricidae) and other soil invertebrates
AU - Potter, D. A.
AU - Powell, A. J.
AU - Smith, M. S.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Earthworms, mainly Aporrectodea spp., incorporated large amounts of mineral soil into the Kentucky bluegrass Poa pratensis thatch matrix. Rates of net loss of organic matter and of relative microbial respiration within remaining thatch were much greater when earthworms were present than when worms were excluded. -Authors
AB - Earthworms, mainly Aporrectodea spp., incorporated large amounts of mineral soil into the Kentucky bluegrass Poa pratensis thatch matrix. Rates of net loss of organic matter and of relative microbial respiration within remaining thatch were much greater when earthworms were present than when worms were excluded. -Authors
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U2 - 10.1093/jee/83.1.205
DO - 10.1093/jee/83.1.205
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0025673321
SN - 0022-0493
VL - 83
SP - 205
EP - 211
JO - Journal of Economic Entomology
JF - Journal of Economic Entomology
IS - 1
ER -