Worms from the cold: Lumbricid life stages in boreal clay during frost

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1580-1582

  Nuutinen, Visa ^a   Butt, Kevin R ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aporrectodea caliginosa; Burrows; Cocoons; Frost; Lumbricus terrestris; Over wintering

Indexed keywords

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; BURROWS; COCOONS; FROST; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OVER-WINTERING;

CLAY MINERALS; DROUGHT;

SOILS;

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BURROWING; EARTHWORM; FREEZE TOLERANCE; FROST; FROST HARDINESS; JUVENILE; LIFE CYCLE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUBSOIL; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 67349182867     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2009.04.019     Document Type: Article

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