Feeding activity of the earthworm Eisenia andrei in artificial soil

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 313-322

  Jager, Tjalling ^a,b   Fleuren, Roel H L J ^a   Roelofs, Willem ^a   De Groot, Arthur C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Digestion; Earthworms; Eisenia andrei; Feeding activity; Gut load; Gut retention time

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LANTHANUM; MANURES; SOILS; THERMAL EFFECTS; TOXICITY;

FOOD SOURCES;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

DIGESTIBILITY; EARTHWORM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR;

EISENIA ANDREI; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0037296225     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-0717(02)00282-1     Document Type: Article

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