Growth of Aporrectodea tuberculata (Eisen) and Lumbricus terrestris L. under laboratory and field conditions

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Whalen, Joann K ^a,b   Parmelee, Robert W ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Earthworms; Growth; Inorganic fertilizer; Instantaneous growth rate; Manure

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; GROWTH; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

APORRECTODEA TUBERCULATA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 0032841116     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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