The planarian Artioposthia triangulata (Dendy) feeding on earthworms in soil columns

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 299-302

  Blackshaw, R P ^a,b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHURDENDYUS TRIANGULATUS; ARTIOPOSTHIA; ARTIOPOSTHIA TRIANGULATA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 0031005487     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00093-4     Document Type: Article

References (6)

1. Blackshaw R. P. (1990) Studies on Arlioposthia triangulata (Dendy) (Tricladida: Terricola), a predator of earthworms. Annals of Applied Biology 116, 169-176.
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3. Blackshaw R. P. (1995) Changes in populations of the predatory flatworm Artioposthia triangulata and its earthworm prey in grassland. Acta Zoologica Fennica 196, 107-110.
4. Blackshaw R. P. and Stewart V. I. (1992) Artioposthia triangulata (Dendy, 1894), a predatory terrestrial planarian and its potential impact on lumbricid earthworms. Agricultural Zoology Reviews 5, 201-219.
5. Bouche M. B. (1977). Strategies lombriciennes. In Soil Organisms as Components of Ecosystems (U. Lohm and T. Persson, Eds), Biological Bulletin 25, 122-132. Stockholm.
6. Mather J. G. and Christensen O. M. (1993) The exotic land planarian Artioposthia triangulata in the Faroe Islands: colonisation and habitats. Frodskaparrit 40, 49-60.