Cocoon production of Aporrectodea longa Ude and Aporrectodea rosea Savigny (Oligochaeta; Lumbricidae) in a Danish grass field

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 957-964

  Holmstrup, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENMARK;

COCOON; EARTHWORM; GRASSLAND SOIL; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

DENMARK;

APORRECTODEA LONGA; APORRECTODEA ROSEA;

EID: 0032910479     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(99)00004-8     Document Type: Article

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