Impact of Two Different Biochars on Earthworm Growth and Survival

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Short-term mesofauna responses to soil additions of corn stover biochar and the role of microbial biomass (2015, background): “, a poultry biochar (Liesch et al., 2010), which might have been detected with avoidance responses.”
Biochar in bioenergy cropping systems: impacts on soil faunal communities and linked ecosystem processes (2013, background): “Neutral and alkaline soils tend to be more diverse in terms of both microbes and fauna (Edwards & Bohlen, 1996; Fierer & Jackson, 2006), but extreme liming can also be harmful to certain organisms; for instance, earthworms are generally not found in soils with a pH greater than eight (Liesch et al.,”
Distributed biochar and bioenergy coproduction: a regionally specific case study of environmental benefits and economic impacts (2013, background): “, 2007), and macro- and microfauna viability (Liesch et al., 2010; Lehmann et al., 2011).”
A review of biochars' potential role in the remediation, revegetation and restoration of contaminated soils. (2011, background): “Liesch et al. (2010) found that whilst pine chip biochar had no effect on mortality or weight of E. fetida, poultry litter biochar caused 100% mortality in treatments above 67.5 Mg ha 1.”