Influence of mineral soil on the palatability of organic matter for lumbricid earthworms: A simple food preference study

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 569-575

  Doube, Bernard M ^a,c   Schmidt, Olaf ^b   Killham, Ken ^b   Correll, Ray ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 0031007835     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(96)00032-6     Document Type: Article

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