Leaf litter ingestion and assimilation by two endemic pill millipedes (Arthrosphaera)

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 761-768

  Kadamannaya, B S ^a   Sridhar, K R ^b  

^a A Constituent College of Mangalore University   (India)

^b MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fecal pellets; Feeding preference; Food conversion efficiency; Growth; Leaf litter; Millipedes; Plantations; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; DIET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROWTH RATE; LEAF LITTER; MICROCOSM; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PLANTATION; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL QUALITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

ARECA; COFFEA; DIPLOPODA; ELETTARIA; ELETTARIA CARDAMOMUM; HOPEA; PIPER BETEL; PONGAMIA;

EID: 70349981465     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-009-0391-x     Document Type: Article

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