Competitive interactions between native and exotic earthworm species as influenced by habitat quality in a California grassland

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-53

  Winsome, Thaïs ^a,b   Epstein, Lynn ^b   Hendrix, Paul F ^a   Horwath, William R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea; Argilophilus; Competition; Earthworm; Oligochaeta; Species invasion

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA TRAPEZOIDES; ARGILOPHILUS; LUMBRICIDAE; MEGASCOLECIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA); PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 33645880776     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2005.01.008     Document Type: Article

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