Feeding preferences of some earthworm species common to upland pastures in Scotland

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Neilson, Roy ^a   Boag, Brian ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Food preferences; Pasture; Soil

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; FOOD PREFERENCE; PASTURE; SOIL FAUNA;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLOLOBOPHORA; ALLOLOBOPHORA CHLOROTICA; ANNELIDA; APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; APORRECTODEA LONGA; INVERTEBRATA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM PERENNE; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OCTOLASION; OCTOLASION CYANEUM; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; POA; POA ANNUA; RANUNCULACEAE; RANUNCULUS; RANUNCULUS REPENS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 0037272852     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/S0031-4056(04)70173-0     Document Type: Article

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