Growth of Lumbricus terrestris and Aporrectodea caliginosa in an acid forest soil, and their effects on enchytraeid populations and soil properties

Pedobiologia

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 321-328

  Räty, Mika ^a  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea caliginosa; Colonization; Earthworms; Enchytraeidae; Enchytraeus albidus; Lumbricus terrestris

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; COLONIZATION; EARTHWORM; FOREST SOIL; REPRODUCTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

APORRECTODEA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; COGNETTIA; COGNETTIA SPHAGNETORUM; ENCHYTRAEIDAE; ENCHYTRAEUS ALBIDUS; LUMBRICUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 4344563410     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2004.03.006     Document Type: Article

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