Relationships between earthworm populations, grassland management and badger densities in County Kilkenny, Ireland

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 913-919

  Muldowney, John ^a   Curry, James P ^a   O'Keeffe, James ^a   Schmidt, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fertilizer use; Lumbricidae; Lumbricus terrestris; Meles meles; Stocking rate

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GRASSLAND; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; MUSTELID; POPULATION SIZE; STOCKING DENSITY;

COUNTY KILKENNY; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; LEINSTER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANNELIDA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; MELES MELES; MUSTELIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; TAXIDEA TAXUS; TAXIDIINAE;

EID: 0347930401     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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