Invasion patterns of lumbricidae into the previously earthworm-free areas of northeastern Europe and the western Great Lakes region of North America

Biological Invasions

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1223-1234

  Tiunov, Alexei V ^a   Hale, Cindy M ^b,c   Holdsworth, Andrew R ^b   Vsevolodova Perel, Tamara S ^d  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF FOREST SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Climatic conditions; Disturbance; Fish bait; Frost tolerance; Jump dispersal; Soil animals; Vegetation type

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FROST HARDINESS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; RANGE EXPANSION; SOIL FAUNA; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; VEGETATION TYPE;

EURASIA; GREAT LAKES BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALIA; LUMBRICIDAE;

EID: 33750173742     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9018-4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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