Agricultural farming intensification significantly reduced earthworm abundance and diversity in Usangu agro-ecosystems, Tanzania

Earthworms an ecologically important group of invertebrates that are crucial to delivery of many ecosystem services, but also considered ecosystem engineers playing an important role in soil fertility and land productivity. Earthworms facilitate breakdown and decomposition of plant and animal materi...

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Main Author: Marco E. Mng'ong'o
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-06-01
Series:Soil Security
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667006223000114