Interactions of earthworms (Octolasion lacteum), millipedes (Glomeris marginata) and plants (Hordelymus europaeus) in a beechwood on a basalt hill: Implications for litter decomposition and soil formation

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 161-166

  Bonkowski, Michael ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Schaefer, Matthias ^a  

^a II Zoologisches Institut und Museum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beechwood; Decomposition; Endogeic earthworms; Faunal interactions; Glomeris marginata; Octolasion lacteum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000443449     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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