Short-range structures in earthworm spatial distribution

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 582-587

  Rossi, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Gap; Patch; Short scale; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; POPULATION DENSITY; SAVANNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

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

ANNELIDA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0347930469     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00233     Document Type: Conference Paper

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