Leaf litter fragmentation by the earthworm Lumbricus terrestris L.

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 453-458

  Schulmann, Olga P ^a   Tiunov, Alexei V ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Earthworms; Fragmentation; Leaf litter; Lumbricus terrestris

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; FRAGMENTATION; LEAF LITTER;

ANNELIDA; ARANEAE; AVES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MALVACEAE; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 0032729365     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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