The oligochaetofauna of the Nipe soils in the Maricao State Forest, Puerto Rico

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 475-478

  Hubers, Hendriekje ^a   Borges, Sonia ^a   Alfaro, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Neotropic; Nipe soils; Serpentine soils; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES INVENTORY; TROPICAL FOREST;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; MARICAO STATE FOREST; PUERTO RICO;

ANNELIDA; GLOSSOSCOLECIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; NEOTRIGASTER RUFA; OLIGOCHAETA; ONYCHOCHAETA; ONYCHOCHAETA BORINCANA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS; SCOLOSANTHUS PORTORICENSIS;

EID: 0346038954     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00216     Document Type: Conference Paper

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