Competitive interactions between the earthworm Dendrobaena octaedra and the enchytraeid Cognettia sphagnetorum

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 886-890

  Huhta, Veikko ^a   Viberg, Katja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognettia sphagnetorum; Competition; Dendrobaena octaedra; Forest soil; Interactions; Nematoda

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; FOREST SOIL; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION;

ANNELIDA; COGNETTIA; COGNETTIA SPHAGNETORUM; DENDROBAENA; DENDROBAENA OCTAEDRA; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PICEA;

EID: 0033402938     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0031-4056(24)00627-9     Document Type: Article

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