Pre-mating behaviour of the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L.

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 307-308

  Nuutinen, Visa ^a,c   Butt, Kevin R ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 0030905613     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00049-1     Document Type: Article

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