Earthworm invasions in the tropics

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1247-1256

  González, Grizelle ^a   Huang, Ching Yu ^b   Zou, Xiaoming ^c   Rodríguez, Carlos ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL FORESTRY   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Earthworms; Exotic; Invasion; Native; Tropics

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPERSAL; EARTHWORM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; TROPICAL REGION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS;

EID: 33750152528     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9023-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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