Growth rates of Aporrectodea caliginosa (Oligochaetae: Lumbricidae) as influenced by soil temperature and moisture in disturbed and undisturbed soil columns

Pedobiologia

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 207-215

  Eriksen Hamel, Nikita S ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea caliginosa; Container shape; Earthworms; Instantaneous growth rate; Moisture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; GROWTH DETERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; LUMBRICIDAE;

EID: 33744916245     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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