Potential impact of an introduced lumbricid on a native woodland in South Australia

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 351-354

  Dalby, P R ^a   Baker, G H ^a,b   Smith, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Earthworm; Eucalypt; Interaction; Introduction; Invasion; Lumbricid; Megascolecid

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012465523     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-1393(98)00088-2     Document Type: Article

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