Resource distribution and surface activity of adult Lumbricus terrestris L. in an experimental system

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 548-553

  Butt, Kevin R ^a   Nuutinen, Visa ^b   Sirén, Taisto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Dispersal; Lumbricus terrestris; Resource distribution; Resource utilisation; Settlement

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; EARTHWORM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOIL SURFACE;

ANNELIDA; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 1642424411     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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