Over-summering of cocoons of the earthworm Microscolex dubius (Megascolicidae) in a hot dry Mediterranean environment

Pedobiologia

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 71-77

  Doube, B M ^a,b   Auhl, L ^b,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CRC for Soil and Land Management ^*

^c SOUTH AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cocoons; Desiccation; Earthworms; Microscolex; Moisture; Seasonal dynamics; Summer survival; Survival

Indexed keywords

COCOON; DORMANCY; EARTHWORM; SUMMER;

ANNELIDA; MICROSCOLEX; MICROSCOLEX DUBIUS; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0031670420     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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