Influence of clay content and acidity of soil on development of the earthworm Lumbricus rubellus and its population level consequences

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 549-556

  Klok, Chris ^a   Faber, Jack ^a   Heijmans, Guido ^a   Bodt, Jos ^a   Van Der Hout, Annemariet ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lumbricus rubellus; Maturation weight; Population growth rate; Population model; Soil properties

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ANNELID; CLAY SOIL; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS;

EID: 34547400593     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-006-0135-0     Document Type: Article

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