Efficiencies of earthworms (Eisenia foetida) decomposing forest litters

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2427-2433

  Zhang, Xue Ping ^a   Huang, Chu Long ^a,b,c,d   Li, Jing Ke ^e  

^a HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUANZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e Yecheng Trading Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Circulation of materials; Earthworms; Ecological efficiencies; Energy circuit; Forest ecosystem

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BETULA; DIPLOPODA; EISENIA FETIDA; LUMBRICIDAE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PINUS KORAIENSIS; POPULUS DAVIDIANA; QUERCUS MONGOLICA;

EID: 26244466169     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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