Self-organization in a simple consumer-resource system, the example of earthworms

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2230-2240

  Barot, S ^a   Rossi, J P ^b   Lavelle, P ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^b UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Self organization; Soil structure; Spatial demography; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ECOSYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOILS;

EARTHWORMS; MORTALITY; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOIL AGGREGATES; SOIL ORGANISMS;

ANIMALS;

DISPERSAL; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SAVANNA; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOIL AGGREGATE; SOIL BIOTA; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 34250317439     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2007.03.021     Document Type: Article

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