Non-native invasive earthworms as agents of change in northern temperate forests

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 427-435

  Bohlen, Patrick J ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^b   Hale, Cindy M ^c   McLean, Mary Ann ^d   Migge, Sonja ^e   Groffman, Peter M ^f   Parkinson, Dennis ^g  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^f CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 31744442050     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1540-9295(2004)002[0427:NIEAAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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