Influence of exotic earthworms on the soil organic horizon and the rare fern Botrychium mormo

Conservation Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1555-1561

  Gundale, Michael J ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FERN; RARE SPECIES; SOIL HORIZON; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

ANIMALIA; ANNELIDA; BOTRYCHIUM; BOTRYCHIUM MORMO; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DENDROBAENA; FILICOPHYTA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 0036901124     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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