Earthworm abundance and species composition in abandoned tropical croplands: Comparisons of tree plantations and secondary forests

Pedobiologia

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 385-391

  González, Grizelle ^a   Zou, Xiaoming ^a   Borges, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Luquillo experimental forest; Pinus caribaea; Pontoscolex corethrurus; Puerto Rico; restoration; Swietenia macrophylla

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EARTHWORM; PLANTATION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

PUERTO RICO, LUQUILLO EXPERIMENTAL FOREST;

ESTHERELLA GATESI; ESTHERELLA MONTANA; OLIGOCHAETA; PINACEAE; PINUS CARIBAEA; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS; PONTOSCOLEX SPIRALIS; SWIETENIA MACROPHYLLA;

EID: 0030427703     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-4056(24)00353-6     Document Type: Article

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