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Effects of earthworms on plant production in the tropics

George Gardner Brown, B. Pashanasi, Cécile Villenave, José C. Patrón, B. K. Senapati, S.P. Giri, Isabelle Barois, Patrick Lavelle, Éric Blanchart, Robert J. Blakemore,

1999 · 134 citations · 39 references

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Abstract

l Departamento de Biologfa de Suelos, Instituto de Ecologfa, Xalapa, Mexico; 2Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Sols Tropicaux, IRD, Bondy, France; 31NIA, Estacion Experimental San Ramon, Yurimaguas, Peru/Laboratoire de Pedobiologie, IRD, Dakar, SenegaVBenemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla, Centra de Investigaciones en Ciencias Microbiol6gicas, Puebla, Mexico; 6 School of Life Sciences, Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, India; 7Laboratoire B.O.s. T., IRD, Fort-de-France, Martinique; 8Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Lauceston, Tasmania, Australia; 9 CSIRO Davies Laboratory, Aitkenva le, Queensland, Australia

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