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between earthworms and soil abiotic and biotic factors as a tool in sustainable agricultural.
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components and related properties on a Typic Argiudoll. Soil Tillage Res 155:78–84
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detritivors in forest soils. Pak J Biol Sci 11(6):819–825
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for urban small-holder animal farms–Kampala case study. Waste Manag 39:96–103
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and earthworm communities. Appl Soil Ecol 43(2–3):241–249
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New York
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and functional diversity of soil around earthworm burrows and casts. Front Microbiol 7:1361
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distribution in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. Pedobiologia 13:236–247
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soil and in casts of Lumbricus terrestris L. Geoderma 128(1–2):155–166
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systems in the United Kingdom and the agronomic impact on soil, crops and the environment—
a review. Soil Tillage Res 108(1–2):1–15
Munnoli PM, Bhosle S (2011) Water-holding capacity of earthworms’ vermicompost made of sugar
industry waste (press mud) in mono-and polyculture vermireactors. Environmentalist 31
(4):394–400
Nachtergale L, Ghekiere K, De Schrijver A, Muys B, Luyssaert S, Lust N (2002) Earthworm
biomass and species diversity in windthrow sites of a temperate lowland forest. Pedobiologia 46
(5):440–451
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Sweden. Pedobiologia 14:1–27
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soil temperature and moisture. Pedobiologia 50(5):397–403
Piccoli I, Chiarini F, Carletti P, Furlan L, Lazzaro B, Nardi S et al (2016) Disentangling the effects
of conservation agriculture practices on the vertical distribution of soil organic carbon. Evidence
of poor carbon sequestration in North-Eastern Italy. Agric Ecosyst Environ 230:68–78
Pietz RI, Peterson JR, Prater JE, Zenz DR (1984) Metal concentrations in earthworms from sewage
sludge-amended soils at a strip mine reclamation site 1. J Environ Qual 13(4):651–654
Postma-Blaauw MB, Bloem J, Faber JH, Van Groenigen JW, De Goede RG, Brussaard L (2006)
Earthworm species composition affects the soil bacterial community and net nitrogen mineralization. Pedobiologia 50(3):243–256
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between earthworms and soil abiotic and biotic factors as a tool in sustainable agricultural.
Sustainability 8(9):906
Kibet LC, Blanco-Canqui H, Jasa P (2016) Long-term tillage impacts on soil organic matter
components and related properties on a Typic Argiudoll. Soil Tillage Res 155:78–84
Kooch Y, Jalilvand H (2008) Earthworms as ecosystem engineers and the most important
detritivors in forest soils. Pak J Biol Sci 11(6):819–825
Koubová A, Chroňáková A, Pižl V, Sánchez-Monedero MA, Elhottová D (2015) The effects of
earthworms Eisenia spp. on microbial community are habitat dependent. Eur J Soil Biol
68:42–55
Lalander CH, Komakech AJ, Vinnerås B (2015) Vermicomposting as manure management strategy
for urban small-holder animal farms–Kampala case study. Waste Manag 39:96–103
Lapied E, Nahmani J, Rousseau GX (2009) Influence of texture and amendments on soil properties
and earthworm communities. Appl Soil Ecol 43(2–3):241–249
Lee KE (1985) Earthworms: their ecology and relationships with soil and land use. Academic Press,
New York
Lipiec J, Frąc M, Brzezińska M, Turski M, Oszust K (2016) Linking microbial enzymatic activities
and functional diversity of soil around earthworm burrows and casts. Front Microbiol 7:1361
Ljungstrom PO, De Orellana JA, Priano LJJ (1973) Influence of some edaphic factors on earthworm
distribution in Santa Fe Province, Argentina. Pedobiologia 13:236–247
Marhan S, Scheu S (2005) Effects of sand and litter availability on organic matter decomposition in
soil and in casts of Lumbricus terrestris L. Geoderma 128(1–2):155–166
Mariotte P, Le Bayon RC, Eisenhauer N, Guenat C, Buttler A (2016) Subordinate plant species
moderate drought effects on earthworm communities in grasslands. Soil Biol Biochem
96:119–127
Martin A, Marinissen JCY (1993) Biological and physico-chemical processes in excrements of soil
animal. Geoderma 56:331–347
Medina-Sauza RM, Álvarez-Jiménez M, Delhal A, Reverchon F, Blouin M, Guerrero-Analco JA,
Cerdán CR, Guevara R, Villain L, Barois I (2019) Earthworms building up soil microbiota, a
review. Front Environ Sci 7:81
Miller SA, Harley JB (1999) Zoology, 4th edn. McGraw-Hill, Boston, MA
Morris NL, Miller PCH, Orson JH, Froud-Williams RJ (2010) The adoption of non-inversion tillage
systems in the United Kingdom and the agronomic impact on soil, crops and the environment—
a review. Soil Tillage Res 108(1–2):1–15
Munnoli PM, Bhosle S (2011) Water-holding capacity of earthworms’ vermicompost made of sugar
industry waste (press mud) in mono-and polyculture vermireactors. Environmentalist 31
(4):394–400
Nachtergale L, Ghekiere K, De Schrijver A, Muys B, Luyssaert S, Lust N (2002) Earthworm
biomass and species diversity in windthrow sites of a temperate lowland forest. Pedobiologia 46
(5):440–451
Nordstrom S, Rundgren S (1974) Environmental factors and lumbricid associations in southern
Sweden. Pedobiologia 14:1–27
Perreault JM, Whalen JK (2006) Earthworm burrowing in laboratory microcosms as influenced by
soil temperature and moisture. Pedobiologia 50(5):397–403
Piccoli I, Chiarini F, Carletti P, Furlan L, Lazzaro B, Nardi S et al (2016) Disentangling the effects
of conservation agriculture practices on the vertical distribution of soil organic carbon. Evidence
of poor carbon sequestration in North-Eastern Italy. Agric Ecosyst Environ 230:68–78
Pietz RI, Peterson JR, Prater JE, Zenz DR (1984) Metal concentrations in earthworms from sewage
sludge-amended soils at a strip mine reclamation site 1. J Environ Qual 13(4):651–654
Postma-Blaauw MB, Bloem J, Faber JH, Van Groenigen JW, De Goede RG, Brussaard L (2006)
Earthworm species composition affects the soil bacterial community and net nitrogen mineralization. Pedobiologia 50(3):243–256
348
S. Singh et al.