The importance of earthworms as key representatives of the soil fauna

Earthworm Ecology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 3-11

  Edwards, Clive A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420039719     Document Type: Chapter

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