With Darwin, earthworms turn intelligent and become human friends

Pedobiologia

Volumn 47, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 924-933

  Brown, George G ^a   Feller, Christian ^b   Blanchart, Eric ^b   Deleporte, Pierre ^c   Chernyanskii, Sergey S ^d  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Behavior; Charles darwin; Earthworms; Perceptions on worms; Soil ecology

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGY; PERCEPTION;

ANNELIDA; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 1642465529     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0031-4056-00282     Document Type: Conference Paper

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