Earthworm invasions in northern hardwood forests: A rapid assessment method

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-30

  Loss, Scott R ^a,c   Hueffmeier, Ryan M ^b   Hale, Cindy M ^b   Host, George E ^b   Sjerven, Gerald ^b   Frelich, Lee E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

earthworm sampling methods; invasive earthworms; Lumbricus rubellus; Lumbricus terrestris; northern hardwood forests

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EARTHWORM; FOREST FLOOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; SAMPLING; SOIL FAUNA; TEMPERATE FOREST;

NORTH AMERICA;

LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS;

EID: 84872869957     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.033.0103     Document Type: Article

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