Automated observation and analysis of earthworm surface behaviour under experimental habitat quality and availability conditions

Pedobiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-263

  Valckx, Jan ^a   Pennings, Annabel ^a,b   Leroy, Toon ^a   Berckmans, Daniël ^a   Govers, Gerard ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a   Muys, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Regionaal Landschap Dijleland vzw   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Habitat selection; Image analysis; IR; Lumbricus terrestris; Recolonization

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFRARED IMAGERY; LOCOMOTION; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL SURFACE; WATERLOGGING;

ANIMALIA; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 77951024196     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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