Soil properties changes earthworm diversity indices in different agro-ecosystem.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Earthworm communities are generally very sensitive to physico-chemical properties of the soil in different agro-ecosystem i.e. cultivated or non-cultivated which directly or indirectly influence the earthworm survival. The difference in physico-chemical properties of soil at different sites contributed to the formation of population patches for earthworm species. Understanding the physico-chemical properties of soil at a particular site could facilitate the prediction of earthworm species at that site. The objective of the present study was to investigate the diversity, abundance, and distribution of earthworms in cultivated and non-cultivated agroecosystems and their physico-chemical properties affecting the earthworm diversity and abundance.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Singh S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7203807 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature