Exotic earthworms accelerate plant litter decomposition in a Puerto Rican pasture and a wet forest

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1406-1417

  Liu, Z G ^a   Zou, X M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Amynthas rodericensis; Caribbean National Forest; Decomposition; Earthworm; Microbial biomass; Pontoscolex corethrurus; Puerto Rico; Soil respiration; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LITTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PASTURE; SOIL RESPIRATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

PUERTO RICO;

AMYNTHAS RODERICENSIS; ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; GLOSSOSCOLECIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS;

EID: 0036825514     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1406:EEAPLD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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