Long-term effect of a legume cover crop (Mucuna pruriens var. utilis) on the communities of soil macrofauna and nematofauna, under maize cultivation, in southern Benin

By E. Blanchart, C. Villenave, A. Viallatoux, B. Barthès, C. Girardin, A. Azontonde, C. Feller. 2006

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Effects of plant diversity on plant biomass production and soil macrofauna in Amazonian pastures (2008, result): “Our result is consistent with some published results (Wardle and Lavelle, 1997; Spehn et al., 2000b; Gastine et al., 2003b; Blanchart et al., 2006; Sileshi and Mafongoya, 2007a, b) which showed that earthworm density responds positively to legume litter.”
Effects of cover crop quality and quantity on nematode-based soil food webs and nutrient cycling (2009, background): “…2000; Wang et al., 2006a; Machado et al., 2007; Collins et al., 2006; Everts et al., 2006), focus only on plant-parasitic nematodes (Kimpinski et al., 2000; Wang et al., 2004a,b) are inconclusive (Sanchez et al., 2007), or compare only one cover crop to mineral fertilizers (Blanchart et al., 2006).”