Cosmopolitan Earthworms-A Global and Historical Perspective

Annelids in Modern Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 257-283

  Blakemore, Robert J ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cosmopolitan earthworms global and historical perspective; Cosmopolitan species exotic to region and widespread due to transportation via human activities; Earthworms, archaeology and human history

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EID: 77951077557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470455203.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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