Allometric Equations for Estimation of Ash-free Dry Mass from Length Measurements for Selected European Earthworm Species (Lumbricidae) in the Western Great Lakes Region

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 179-185

  Hale, Cindy M ^a,b   Reich, Peter B ^a   Frelich, Lee E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Natural Resources Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BIOMASS; EARTHWORM; EQUATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

GREAT LAKES; NORTH AMERICA;

FRAXINUS; LUMBRICIDAE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0842334621     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2004)151[0179:AEFEOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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