This study was carried out in the Eastern Plains of Colombia and assessed the impact of agricultural intensification on the structure of earthworm communities. Earthworms were hand-sorted in a variety of agroecosystems of increasing intensity, from natural savanna to pastures and annual crops. An...
Decaëns, Thibaud
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Jiménez Jaén, J.J.
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[Earthworm communities under an agricultural intensification gradient in Colombia]
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Earthworm communities under an agricultural intensification gradient in Colombia
The vertical distribution of native earthworm species from natural and disturbed savannas in the Oxisols of the Colombian Llanos was assessed in a native savanna and in a 17-year-old grazed grass-legume pasture during a period of 17?months. Different patterns of vertical stratification were obser...
Jiménez Jaén, J.J.
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Decaëns, Thibaud
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[Vertical distribution of earthworms in grassland soils of the Colombian Llanos]
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Vertical distribution of earthworms in grassland soils of the Colombian Llanos
The effect of different types of land management on the soil macrofauna of the savanna has been assesed using the T.S.B.F. method. Macrofauna of the forest and savanna has a high density (4293 and 2830 ind.m(2)) and moderate biomass (13.6 and 15.3 g.m(-2)). Traditional grazing significantly incre...
Decaëns, Thibaud
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Lavelle, Patrick M.
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Jiménez Jaén, J.J.
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Escobar, G.
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Rippstein, G
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[Impact of land management on soil macrofauna in the Oriental Llanos of Colombia]
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Impact of land management on soil macrofauna in the Oriental Llanos of Colombia