Interactive effects of native and exotic earthworms on resource use and nutrient mineralization in a tropical wet forest soil of Puerto Rico

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-52

  Lachnicht, Sharon L ^a,b,c   Hendrix, P F ^a   Zou, X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Neotropical earthworms; Nutrient cycling; Soil respiration; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; FOREST SOIL; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; RESOURCE USE; SOIL RESPIRATION;

PUERTO RICO;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; ESTHERELLA; LUMBRICIDAE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS;

EID: 0036924115     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-002-0501-5     Document Type: Article

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