Interactions between selected earthworm species: A preliminary, laboratory-based study

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 75-79

  Butt, Kevin R ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competition; Earthworms; Laboratory culture; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002173071     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00057-2     Document Type: Article

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