Do I have the required soil bioengineers?

A.D. Mackay; R.A.J. Gray; N.L. Schon; R. Tuck; A.S. Palmer

doi:10.33584/jnzg.2010.72.2822

Do I have the required soil bioengineers?

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A.D. Mackay
R.A.J. Gray
N.L. Schon
R. Tuck
A.S. Palmer

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https://doi.org/10.33584/jnzg.2010.72.2822

Abstract

Earthworm species beneficial to pastures are not indigenous to New Zealand and because there has been no systematic release of earthworms, their distribution is patchy. The findings from an on-farm survey in the Central North Island in spring 2009, reinforces this with only 14% of paddocks sampled containing species from all three earthworm functional groups.

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2010-01-01

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Volume 72, 2010, Lincoln

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