Earthworm burrowing behaviour in 2D terraria with single- and multi-species assemblages

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 789-797

  Felten, Daniel ^a   Emmerling, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

2D terraria; Burrowing behavior; Commensalism; Earthworms; Ecological categories; Interspecific competition

Indexed keywords

APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; APORRECTODEA LONGA; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OCTOLASION TYRTAEUM;

EID: 79952902351     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-009-0393-8     Document Type: Article

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