Earthworm Abundance and Distribution Pattern in Contrasting Plant Communities Within a Tropical Wet Forest in Puerto Rico

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 93-100

  González, Grizelle ^a,b   Zou, Xiaoming ^a   Sabat, Alberto ^a   Fetcher, Ned ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

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