Selective preferences for agricultural organic wastes under multiple choice by epigenic earthworms

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 375-380

  Amoji, Sharabanna D ^a   Shagoti, Umesh M ^a   Biradar, Vijaykumar A ^a  

^a GULBARGA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural organic Wastes; Epigeic earthworms; Food preferences; Growth and reproduction

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; FOOD PREFERENCE; ORGANIC MATTER;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; EARTHWORM; NONHUMAN; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; EISENIA FETIDA; EUDRILIS; EUDRILIS EUGENIAE; HEXAPODA; OLIGOCHAETA; PERIONYX EXCAVATUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0031715831     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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