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Effect of earthworm on growth of late succession plant species in postmining sites under laboratory and field conditions

SYSNO ASEP	0329575
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Effect of earthworm on growth of late succession plant species in postmining sites under laboratory and field conditions
Author(s)	Roubíčková, A. (CZ) Mudrák, Ondřej (BC-A) Frouz, Jan (BC-A)_{RID, ORCID}
Source Title	Biology and Fertility of Soils. - : Springer - ISSN 0178-2762 Roč. 45, č. 7 (2009), s. 769-774
Number of pages	6 s.
Language	eng - English
Country	NL - Netherlands
Keywords	earthworms ; plant succession ; plant growth
Subject RIV	EH - Ecology, Behaviour
R&D Projects	GA526/06/0728 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
	1QS600660505 GA AV ČR - Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (AV ČR)
	2B08023 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS)
CEZ	AV0Z60660521 - UPB-H, BC-A (2005-2011)
UT WOS	000268543400010
DOI	10.1007/s00374-009-0386-7
Annotation	Earlier studies of postmining heaps near Sokolov, Czech Republic (0-46 years old) showed that massive changes in plant community composition occur around 23 year of succession when the heaps are colonized by the earthworms Lumbricus rubellus (Hoffm.) and Aporrectodea caliginosa (Savigny). The aim of the current study was to test the hypothesis that the introduction of earthworms into a postmining soil enhances growth of late succession plant species. In a laboratory experiment, earthworms significantly increased biomass of Festuca rubra, Trifolium hybridum grown in soil from a 17-year-old site. The biomass increase corresponded to a significant decrease in pH and an increase in oxidable C, total N, and exchangeable P, K, and Ca content.
Workplace	Biology Centre (since 2006)
Contact	Dana Hypšová, eje@eje.cz, Tel.: 387 775 214
Year of Publishing	2010

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