The influence of soil moisture and temperature on the survival, aestivation, growth and development of juvenile Aporrectodea tuberculata (Eisen) (Lumbricidae)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 121-133

  Wever, Linda A ^a   Lysyk, Timothy J ^b   Clapperton, M Jill ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^b LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Aporrectodea tuberculata; Earthworms; Growth; Growth modeling; Juveniles; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Survival

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; ESTIVATION; GROWTH; ONTOGENY; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL;

APORRECTODEA TUBERCULATA; LUMBRICIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA;

EID: 0035046062     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00074     Document Type: Article

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