Effects of white-tailed deer on the native earthworm, Eisenoides carolinensis, in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

Pedobiologia

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages

  Rearick, Daniel ^a,b   Kintz, Laura ^b   Burke, Katherine L ^b   Ransom, Tami S ^b  

^a CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eisenoides carolinensis; Fecal pellet use; Lumbricus terrestris; Odocoileus virginianus; Southern Appalachian mountains

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; EARTHWORM; FECAL PELLET; HERBIVORE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; LEAF LITTER; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

CAROLINENSIS; CERVIDAE; DIPLOCARDIA; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84855343390     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.09.001     Document Type: Article

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