Long-term establishment of earthworm populations in grassland on reclaimed industrial cutaway peatland in Ireland

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Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 65-70

  Curry, James P ^a   Schmidt, Olaf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Colonization; Earthworms; Lumbricidae; Reclaimed peat soils

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; EARTHWORM; GRASSLAND; PEAT SOIL; POPULATION DENSITY; RECLAIMED LAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE;

LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS FRIENDI; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; TRIFOLIUM;

EID: 33845709001     PISSN: 00395471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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