Inter- and intraspecific interactions in lumbricid earthworms: Their role for earthworm performance and ecosystem functioning

Pedobiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-27

  Uvarov, Alexei V ^a,b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Competition; Earthworm association; Ecological groups; Lumbricidae; Meta analysis; Soil fauna

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOOD WEB; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; META-ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER;

INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICIDAE;

EID: 70349333535     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.05.001     Document Type: Review

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