Earthworms in some tasmanian forest soils in relation to bioturbation and soil texture profile

Australian Journal of Soil Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1231-1243

  Laffan, M D ^a,b   Kingston, T J ^c  

^a FORESTRY TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Forest Practices Board   (Australia)

^c Queen Victoria Museum   (Australia)

Author keywords

Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

BIOTURBATION; EARTHWORM; FOREST SOIL; POPULATION DENSITY; SOIL TEXTURE;

AUSTRALIA; TASMANIA;

ENTOVALVA; MEGASCOLEX; MEGASCOLEX MONTISARTHURI; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0030817314     PISSN: 00049573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/S96076     Document Type: Article

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