The leaf-litter earthworm fauna (Annelida: Oligochaeta) of forests in Limpopo Province, South Africa: Diversity, communities and conservation

African Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 172-179

  Horn, Johanna L ^a   Plisko, J Danuta ^b   Hamer, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b NATAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acanthodrilidae; Afromontane forest; Alien species; Community structure; Endemics; Lumbricidae; Microchaetidae

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EARTHWORM; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LEAF LITTER; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ACANTHODRILIDAE; ANNELIDA; LUMBRICIDAE; MICROCHAETIDAE; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 35748986125     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[172:TLEFAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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