Movement response of Collembola to the excreta of two earthworm species: Importance of ammonium content and nitrogen forms

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-62

  Gutiérrez López, Mónica ^a   Salmon, Sandrine ^b   Trigo, Dolores ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Ammonium; Casts; Earthworms; Interactions; Mucus; Springtails; Urine

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CASTS; EARTHWORMS; INTERACTIONS; MUCUS; SPRINGTAILS; URINE;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); ECOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BODY FLUIDS;

AMMONIUM; ATTRACTANT; EARTHWORM; EXCRETION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; HABITAT TYPE; INSECT; MOVEMENT; NITROGEN; POPULATION DENSITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; URINE;

APORRECTODEA GIARDI; CANDIDA; COLLEMBOLA; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; HORMOGASTER ELISAE;

EID: 78449263016     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.09.010     Document Type: Article

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