Life cycle studies of the earthworm Lumbricus friendi (Cognetti, 1904)

Pedobiologia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Butt, Kevin R ^a   Briones, Maria J I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cocoon production; Earthworm density; Growth; Laboratory cultivation; Life cycle; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COCOON; DATA SET; EARTHWORM; FILTER; GROWTH RATE; HATCHING; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; MANURE; MATURATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SPAIN;

ANIMALIA; CITRUS LIMON; EQUIDAE; LUMBRICUS FRIENDI; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84855342141     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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