Role of diurnal rhythm of oxygen consumption in emergence from soil at night after heavy rain by earthworms

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-86

  Chuang, Shu Chun ^a   Chen, Jiun Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthworm crawling; Oxygen consumption; Rain

Indexed keywords

AMYNTHAS GRACILIS; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS;

EID: 40749098596     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2007.00117.x     Document Type: Article

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