Clusters in earthworm spatial distribution

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 490-496

  Rossi, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Clusters; Earthworms; Gaps; Patches; SADIE system; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHWORM; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SAVANNA;

AFRICA; COTE D'IVOIRE; LAMTO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANNELIDA; CHUNIODRILUS ZIELAE; EUDRILIDAE; MEGASCOLECIDAE; MILLSONIA ANOMALA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PORIFERA; STHULMANIA PORIFERA;

EID: 0346669941     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00218     Document Type: Conference Paper

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