Life cycle of the earthworm Octodrilus complanatus (Oligochaeta, Lumbricidae)

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 330, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 389-391

  Monroy, Fernando ^a   Aira, Manuel ^a   Gago, José Ángel ^a   Domínguez, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Earthworms; Growth rate; k Selected species; Life history; Octodrilus complanatus

Indexed keywords

COCOON; EARTHWORM; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; INCUBATION; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BREEDING; COCOON; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EARTHWORM; EUROPE; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; MATING; NONHUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; OCTODRILUS COMPLANATUS; PASTURE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; OLIGOCHAETA; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AFRICA;

LUMBRICIDAE; OCTODRILUS; OCTODRILUS COMPLANATUS;

EID: 34248682983     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2007.03.016     Document Type: Article

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