Diversity of lumbricid earthworms in temperate agroecosystems

Biodiversity in Agricultural Production Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 249-262

  Whalen, Joann K ^a   Fox, C A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

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