A viable technique for tagging earthworms using visible implant elastomer

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 454-457

  Butt, Kevin R ^a   Lowe, Christopher N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Earthworm; Lumbricidae; Lumbricus terrestris; Tagging; Visible implant elastomer (VIE)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 36248984444     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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